[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Luton County Borough.

  • Luton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Luton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INSPECTION OF MEAT AND OTHER FOODS. The amount of unsound food condemned and destroyed during the year comprised : ATo. of Parcels Article 2,215 120 215 26 545 < 3,121 Beef . Pork . Mutton. Meat, other than from Slaughterhouses Bacon and Ham . Boneless Turkey and Fowls ... Vegetables—Fresh and Canned and Soups Fish—Fresh and Canned Fish—Shell . Rabbits—Home Killed and Canned ... Cheese. Canned and Powdered Milk ... Canned and Cooked Meat . Crumpets, Cakes, Cake Mixture, Buns, etc. Flour and Bread Preserves Gravy Powder ... Synthetic Cream Beverages Porridge Oats ... Puddings and Pudding Mixtures Fruit—Fresh and Canned Fruit—Dried Cereals. Chocolate . Eggs—Dried, Frozen and Powdered Sugar . Suet . Meat Pies and Puddings Vinegar. Pickles and Sauces Pastes—Fish and Tomato Semolina . Sausages . Whalemeat Sundries ... . 68 tons 11 cwts. 1 qr. 26 lbs. Weight in lbs. 130,999 3,947 2,101 1,037 127 21 2,564 4,645 3 221 6 2,551 2,158 334 68 218 280 30 65 48 112 839 66 77 3 24 215 7 152 23 276 335 14 30 6 4 153,606 The above statement includes the weight of the entire carcases and organs of 29 cattle, excluding cows, 49 cows, 19 calves, 12 sheep and lambs and 20 pigs. Fifteen food samples were examined bacteriologically in course of food inspection. In addition, three samples of miscellaneous foods were submitted for examination in connection with an outbreak of suspected food poisoning. No infective organisms were found.