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

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

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    -21- Corned Beef Three hundred and seventy-nine .and a half pounds of imported canned corned beef was condemned as unfit fcr human consumption on butchers' premises and at the Ministry of Food distribution centre. The disp sal of condemned home killed meat, imported meat and corned beef is dealt with by the Ministry of Food. Meat and offal is regularly collected by contractors and removed fir proper treatment in steam digesters or concentrating plants. Other Foods. Condemration certificates were issued in respect of the following food voluntarily surrendered by private traders:- Weight in lbs. Fish 404-2- lbs. Meat pies - 66 lbs. Brawn - 10 lbs. Fruit cake - 28 lbs. Sultanas - 28 lbs . Tomatoes - 79 lbs. Bones - 73 lbs. Cheese - 15 lbs. Bist o - 5 lbs. Bacon - 2-g lbs. Syrup - 2’* lbs. Sausages - 2lJ lbs. Swe et s - 41 lbs. Number of ca ns Milk 289 Meat - 65 Fish - 87 Fruit - 123 Vegetables - 159 Soup - 115 Fruit juice - 15 Preserves - 24 Sundry other f o odstuffs of poultry. Cysticercus Bovis Total weight - 775§ lbs. Total number of cans - 877 re condemned including 64 head 100% inspection of beef carcases and offal fcr the detection of lesi-ns is carried out and thirty-seven cases discovered during the year. _Cysticercus B:vis is the cystic stage of the tapeworm Taenia Saginata in man and was considered rare in this country until reports of ca.ses were received during 1948. Affected carcases .and offal are removed to Southampton for c -Id storage fcr a period of 21 days at a temperature not exceeding 20°F. after which the meat is released for manufacturing purposes.