[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool Port Health Authority.

  • Port Health Authority of Liverpool. n 2014184020.
Date:
1963
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    attached to the packages containing meat and these were re-exported to Hong Kong. A third consignment comprising eight cases canned stewed pork, two cases canned stewed beef, two cases canned curried beef and two cases canned pork and mushroom sauce was brought to Liverpool aboard the vessel “Peleus” in April. Again no Recognised Official Certificate was attached to the packages and the consignment was re-exported to Hong Kong. A fourth consignment of three cases each containing ten cans of sausage and pork arrived in the vessel “Melampus” in October and again there was no Recognised Official Certificate and the consignment was re-exported to Hong Kong. Meat and Meat Products from Belgium The vessel “Zephyr” arrived in Liverpool in March and discharged one drum of edible oleo stearine to which there was no Recognised Official Certificate attached. The importing firm stated that this drum was a sample of a larger quantity of stearine and was to be submitted to examination and analysis. The importers were allowed to take a small quantity for examination and analysis and the remainder of the contents of the drum was released under guarantee that it would be used only for purposes other than for human consumption. An undertaking was also given that the matter of correct certification would be taken up with the Belgian shippers should there be a possibility of future ship¬ ments. Meat and Meat Products from Southern Rhodesia In April, the vessel “Clan Macgregor” discharged 350 cartons, each containing 24 x 16-oz. cans, of sausages. On examination it was observed that the cartons did not have the Recognised Official Certificate attached and the consignment was detained. On receipt of a cablegram from the Southern Rhodesian Veterinary Department, stating that the consignment conformed with British Health and Veterinary Standards, the consignment was released. A further 350 cartons of the same commodity, the balance of the shipment, were discharged from the vessel “South African Seafarer” later in April and again the Recognised Official Certificate had been omitted. Unfortunately this consignment was already in transit when the first omission was discovered and it was therefore released on arrival, as the cablegram mentioned above covered both shipments.