[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough.

  • Andover (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEAT AND HEAT INSPECTION (a) Slaughterhouse The Public Abattoir continued to operate throughout the year. Slaughtering was carried out by a contractor under an agreement which expired in May, 1965. Negotiations were started with the contractor for a new agreement, but these were not concluded at the end of the year and, in the meantime, operations continued on the basis of the old agreement. The Abattoir was designed for a daily throughput of 40 cattle units but was, in the main, underused during 1965, the daily throughput seldom reaching this figure. (b) Meat Inspection Fourteen thousand six hundred and seven animals were slaughtered and all were inspected by the Public Health Inspectors. Meat inspection was carried out in accordance with the detailed instructions in the Meat Inspection Regulations, 1963, and all carcases passed as fit were marked with a stamp identifying the Council and the Inspector. (c) Condemned Meat Voluntary surrender of all meat found to be unfit is obtained and this is retained in a separate condemned meat room until collected by a reputable contractor who deals with it in conformity with the requirements of the Meat (Staining and Sterilization) Regulations. (d) Cvsticercus Bovis Inspection of beef carcases and offal for the detection of cysts is carried out. Except where the condition is generalised, affected carcases are removed for cold storage for a period of not less that three weeks at 20°F. or two weeks at 14°F. to comply with the Regulations. Such carcases are specially lo.belled and notice given to the Public Health Inspector of the Local Authority in whoso district the cold store is situated. The carcases are then either returned to Andover for marking or. marked and released by the local inspector on completion of the treatment. In one case during the year an affected carcase was released to a cold store in Cheltenham for treatment and, when the local inspector called to check it, it had already been broken up and sold. Cheltenham Council prosecuted the wholesale butcher concerned and £100 fine was imposed.