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

  • Port Health Authority of Liverpool. n 2014184020.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sampled at Lytham and the bacteriologist’s report stated that the sample was of grade 2 mussels, there being 11 B coli Type 1 (faecal) per millilitre of tissue. A further consignment of 77 bags of uncertificated mussels arrived in the vessel “Oranmore” from Eire, under similar circumstances, on the 3rd December. This was also referred to Lytham St. Annes and the consignee was informed that it was not reasonable to store mussels, suitable only for bait, at his premises, while at the same time he was handling mussels for human consumption. The proprietor of the business then gave an undertaking not to have any further consignments of bait mussels delivered to his premises in Lytham. No further deliveries of such mussels have been sent to this consignee through Liverpool. The vessel “Munster” arrived in Liverpool from Sligo on the 20th November and discharged a consignment of 25 bags of mussels consigned to a firm >in Crosby. This consignment was also found on inspection to consist of uncertificated bags of mussels, and the Health Department of Crosby was informed by telephone of their delivery. A certificate from the Medical Officer of Sligo was apparently held by the consignee show¬ ing that the layings, from which the mussels had originated in Kellys- town, were clean. A sample was taken at Crosby for bacteriological examination. This showed that the mussels were grade 1 and contained no faecal coli. Uncertificated mussels occasionally arrive in vessels from Eire, con¬ signed to firms engaged in the fishing industry on the East coast. The Health Department of Scarborough has been notified of these consign¬ ments: none of the firms receiving the mussels are concerned with their sale for human consumption. FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, ETC. Severe winter conditions experienced during late December 1962, and January, February and early March, 1963, resulted in increased numbers of rejections of fruits, vegetables, and commodities carried in bags, such as coffee and cocoa beans, groundnut kernels, rice, etc., as compared with other years. In relation to fruit and vegetables, the rejections were the result of the breakdown of the foodstuffs caused by their exposure to extremely low temperatures. Rejections of bagged commodities were, in most cases, due to excessive condensation. The following are some of the outstanding rejections.