[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool Port Health Authority.

  • Port Health Authority of Liverpool. n 2014184020.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Meat Products from Nigeria This is another country for which there is no recognised Official Certificate and so a parcel of seven cartons of dried meat was released only for conversion to fertiliser. This meat was also heavily infested by insects and larvae and would have been refused for this reason alone. Meat from Spain A consignment of 14 tins of Spanish sausages which arrived at Liverpool was re-exported. Eleven tins had incorrect certificates and three did not bear any whatsoever. Meat Products from Sweden A consignment of 114 drums of lard from Sweden was re-exported as no Official Certificates were affixed to the drums. Meat and Meat Products from U.S.A. Ten consignments of meat and meat products from this country were concerned in breaches of the Official Certificate Procedure during 1967, in spite of repeated assurances in the past that such incidents would not recur. In all ten cases the certificates accompanying the consignments were in a form which was recognised up to 31st March, 1967, and were invalid on arrival here even allowing for time on the water. Five of these con¬ signments were released on receipt of evidence that certificates had been affixed to the drums prior to 31st March. These consisted of drums of oleo oil, 168 in all (tv/o consignments), 635 cartons of frozen beef tongues (two consignments), and two barrels of pickled boneless beef. Of the remaining five, two consignments, one of 2,000 x 28-1 b. cartons of lard and one of 50 cartons of frozen beef tongues were released on receipt of information that the error in certification was the fault of the United States authorities. In one consignment, consisting of 56 drums of oleo oil, two drums had the correct certificate, but the remaining 54 drums were re-exported to New York. The remaining two consignments arrived in November and December long after the old Certificate was withdrawn. One of these, consisting of 39 cartons of frozen beef kidneys, was released for conversion into pet food. The other, consisting of 698 cartons of frozen beef kidneys, was detained and only later released for conversion into pet food.