OUR MEAT IN LONDON.

Mataura Ensign, 22 July 1914, Page 4

OUR MEAT IN LONDON.

It is of distinct interest to note that of the total number of carcases of irozen mutton and lamb imiiorted into , London last year > no less' thare .j,002,0>l ~a mt„ (~„„,, \, eu . t . u . laud. 'J'hese figures give some idea of the magnitude and importance of the industry and' what it means to the Do-' minion. The figures for other importing countries were 2.381.37.') from Australia, and W>-).7I!;S from South America. I)r Williams, the medical officer of health fur the Port .of London, savs in his annual report that the tot'ai quantity has only been once exceeded, but out of it only 131 tons were seized as unfit for human food 1 states the 'Justice'of the Peace' for June). In addition l,99Ci,l<r> quarters of boot" were imported from the same countries, or '.h per cent, of the entire'total sent to the I'lll ted .Kingdom, and onlv 31 tons were condemned. Largo quantities of what wa:.i called "offal" arrived. It was usually packed in boxes, crates or bags, and much arrived in a frozen con-

dition which necessitated the thawing; out cf the meat before a thorough examination, could bo made. The' total quantity seized was 09 tons. The conditions in, which frozen rabbits arrived in this country had shown a marked improvement in recent year:;, so also had tinned and bottled fruit. Dr Williams refers to the discovery of lesions of tuberculosis and a.ntinnm'veosrs in- ox leagues imported from, the Argentine Iteptiblie. This, he says, points'to the fact that the supervision exercised in South America to prevent the exportation of these infected tongues is; inadci<iuate._ Regulations should be Ira mod rendering the imnorlatinn <.f tongues I without the roots- and glair l * ' '-'' liable to re-exportatio"