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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
There are no offensive trades, slaughterhouses or licensed slaughtermen in the Borough.
EXAMINATION OF FOOD AND SEIZURE OF UNSOUND FOOD
Certain articles of food which are liable to be adulterated are controlled by
sampling and chemical analysis by the Public Analyst, but foods which deteriorate in
quality, and become unfit for human consumption are supervised by inspection and can
be seized with subsequent condemnation by a Justice of the Peace and destruction.
Voluntary Surrender of Food
In practice, shopkeepers make very little attempt to sell to the public any foodstuff
which is unfit for human consumption and it is customary for retailers who find
food they have purchased from wholesalers to be unsound at the time they receive it or
to have become unfit after storage on their premises to notify the local authority,
and request an inspection by the district public health inspector who, if satisfied
after examination that the food is unfit, issues a certificate to that effect and
arranges for its removal to, and destruction at, the Council's Refuse Destructor.

Sale of Milk Regulations, 1939
The above Regulations state that where a sample of milk contains less than 3% of
milk fat and less than 8.5% of solids not fat, until the contrary is proved, the
sample shall be deemed to be not genuine. The following table sets out the monthly
statement of the number of samples taken, together with the percentage of fat and
non-fatty solids present. These percentages follow the usual trend.
Month
No. of
Samples
Fat
Average %
Non-fatty solids
January 17 3.73 8.70
February 10 3.57 8.60
March 9 3.33 8.68
April 8 3.51 8.68
May 11 3.48 8.72
June 14 3.40 8.64
July 8 3.55 8.55
August 2 3.55 8.60
September 10 3.68 8.59
October 7 3.93 8.68
November 11 3.80 8.65
December 10 3.66 8.69
Monthly Average 3.59 8.65