TAINTED MEAT.
DEATH .FROM POISONING. %■ ' (sr' CABI.E —PBSSS ASSOCIATION COBXBIGHT.) ■ (SiDNBi "Sun ' Sebvice.) LONDON, June '25.' At an inquests at Hammersmith concerninß the' death £f ; a dairyman, a verdict.' was ' returned that deceased died; from food poisoning: attributed to a meal of imported mutton.. Evidence was given that an analysis' of the stomach revealed a bacillus which exists chiefly in mutton and sometimes in fish.'- l '■.'.;"' ■■,' The pathologist, Dr. Bronte, expressed the opinion that the carcase became infected after slaughter from the air, water, soil, or workman's hands. The bacillus would not grow while'the carcase was frozen, but its generation was probably aggravated by the heat wave. The' Coroner, Dr. Oswald, said' that some people; would perhaps be prejudiced against colonial mutton, but he considered that such. mutton was safe because the sheep lived in fine pastures in countries not over-populated.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18420, 29 June 1925, Page 10
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141TAINTED MEAT. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18420, 29 June 1925, Page 10
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