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FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1993

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THE

AS FOR THE CHECKING OF LABELS FOR PREPACKAGED FOOD, DIVISION CHECKED 3,450 LABELS, ISSUED 85 WARNING LETTERS AND EXECUTED 10 PROSECUTIONS.

IN THE SAME PERIOD, THE DIVISION INSPECTED MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION KILOGRAMS OF IMPORTED MEAT AND ABOUT 3.3 MILLION KILOGRAMS OF IMPORTED POULTRY IN 665 INSPECTIONS.

A TOTAL OF 114,511 KILOGRAMS OF FOOD WAS FOUND UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND DESTROYED.

SEVENTEEN INCIDENTS OF FOOD POISONING WERE REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD WITH 125 PERSONS AFFECTED.

INVESTIGATIONS SHOWED THAT 15 WERE DOMESTIC OUTBREAKS WERE FOOD-PREMISES OUTBREAKS.

THE

CONTRIBUTING

FACTORS

WERE

AND TWO

PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED

VEGETABLES, CONTAMINATION BY FOOD-HANDLER, IMPROPER STORAGE AND INADEQUATE COOKING.

ORDERS-ON-HAND OF MANUFACTURERS IN APRIL

MANUFACTURERS EARLIER, STATISTICS

THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR THE 200 LARGEST INCREASED SLIGHTLY BY 1% IN APRIL THIS YRAR OVER ACCORDING

A YEAR TO A MONTHLY SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT.

THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THAT MANUFACTURERS WILL REQUIRE TO OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.

COMPLETE THE ORDERS

ELECTRICAL

COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, ORDERS IN

AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY INCREASED

THE MODERATELY BY

5%.

ORDERS POSITION REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED IN APPAREL INDUSTRY AND THE FABRICATED METAL COMPARED

PRODUCTS WITH A YEAR AGO. HOWEVER, ORDERS IN THE TEXTILES PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DECREASED BY 2% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE.

THE WEARING INDUSTRY AS AND THE

ORDERS FOR ALL

THE

ORDERS POSITION IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES INCREASED BY 2% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY MONTH.

OVER THE PRECEDING

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE ORDERS POSITION SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. AS FOR THE TEXTILES AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, ORDERS DECREASED BY AND 1% RESPECTIVELY.

IN

THE

3%

/THE MONTHLY

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