[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Whitley Bay Borough.

  • Whitley Bay (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1955
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    The informal procedure of surrender of food found on examination to be unfit for human consumption continued to work satisfactorily0 No food was formally ”seized” during the year* This laudable.arrangement of voluntary surrender is one that should be preserved always as opposed to any scheme of direct condemnation by authorised officerso The table on the preceding page indicates the principal diseases and conditions found to render meat unfit for consumption* DISPOSAL OF DISEASED AND UNSOUND MEAT* All meat and organs found to be unfit for human consumption are dyed first and then collected by The Tyneside Butchers3 By-Products Limited* whose factory is situated in Gateshead« All meat condemned is weighed and recorded and detained awaiting collection in a locked detention room* CYSTICERCUS BOVTSc --t • i - mm i mm\m u m ■ n Examination to detect the presence of this cyst (intermediate state of the cast ode Taenia ea^xnata) consists of incisions into the muscles of predilection sites« In the instance quoted in the preceding table, one viable cyst was found present in the external mas set er musehe* The head muscles^ root of the tongue, heart muscles and pillar of the diaphragm were examined by multiple incisiona* No other cysts were found* although these organs referred to were destroyed* The carcass was cut into retail joints and all exposed muscle examined before leaving the Slaughter¬ house o SALE OF HORSEFLESHo There are no premises which sell horseflesh in the area for human consumption* KNACKERIES* There are no Knackers® Yards situated in the district0 PUBLIC HEALTH MEAT REGULATIONS0 1924 - 1952, Provisions of these Regulations were enforced during the year* requiring several written and verbal instructions to butchers and meat carriers* It was not necessary to invoke formal proceedings* The number of informal notices served was 4o OTHER FOODS, The following list indicates the quantities of food other than meat found on examination to be unfit for human consumption and surrendered for destruction under supervision*