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Bromley 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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SECTION E.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOODS.
This service continued to receive the special attention of the
Department during the year and in addition to the 452 visits made
in connection with food sampling, the Sanitary Inspectors made
4,981 inspections and re-inspections of food premises. Two hundred
and seventy-eight defects were noted and a total of 350 defects
remedied during the year—this includes those noted in 1954 and
remedied during 1955.
Talks were given during the year to various organisations and
associations and to people engaged in the handling of food on clean
food practices. The co-operation of the shopkeepers, restaurant
owners, etc., and the personnel engaged in the preparation and
handling of food has been all that could be desired.
No formal action was taken by the Council, during the year
1955, under the Byelaws adopted under Section 15 of the Food and
Drugs Act, 1938.
FOOD SAMPLING—FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938
| Samples taken. | Result. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article | Formal. Informal. | Genuine. | Inferior. | Adult erated. | Remarks | |
| Apples | — | l | 1 | — | — | |
| Banana Whip | — | l | 1 | — | — | |
| Bean & Pork Sausages in tomato sauce | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| Biscuits (Cheese Sandwich) | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Biscuits (Mint Cream) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Blackcurrant flavoured cordial | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Butter | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| Butter Brazils | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Butter Drops | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Butter Flakes | — | 1 | l | — | — | |
| Butter Mints | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Butterscotch | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | See (a) |
| Butter Toffees | — | 1 | 1 | – | — | |
| Buttered Macaroons | — | 1 | 1 | – | — | |
| Cake Flour | — | 1 | — | 1 | See (b) | |
| Candied Peel | — | 1 | 1 | – | — | |
| Celery Seed | — | 1 | 1 | – | — | |
| Cereal (strained creamed) | — | 1 | 1 | – | — | |
| Cheese Pops | — | 1 | — | 1 | – | See (c) |
| Cheese (Processed) | — | 1 | 1 | – | — | |
| Cheese Spread | — | 1 | l | – | — | |
| Chocolate Drink | — | 1 | 1 | – | — | |
| Chocolate Mints | — | 1 | 1 | – | — | |
| Chocolate Mousse | — | 1 | 1 | – | — | |
| Christmas Pudding | — | 1 | 1 | – | — | |
| Coffee (Pure) | — | 1 | 1 | – | — | |
| Condiment (Non-brewed) | — | 2 | 2 | – | — | |
| Cooking Fat | — | 1 | 1 | – | — | |