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Ice Cream.
(i) Registration.
Section 158 of the Essex County Council Act, 1933, which requires the
registration of manufacturers and vendors of ice cream and the premises
used by them, came into operation in the Borough on the 1st February, 1934.
In 1948, the Council delegated to the Public Health Committee its powers
and duties with regard to the granting, refusal or revocation of registrations,
including the duty of interviewing applicants who are required to show cause
why applications for registration should not be refused or existing registration
should not be revoked.
29 applications for registration in respect of 29 premises were considered
during the year 1951. The registrations were granted as follows:—
Purveyors retailing multiple firms' productions 27
Purveyors manufacturing and retailing their own
productions 2
Legal proceedings were taken against a person for selling ice cream in
the Borough without registration and a fine of 10s. Od. was imposed.
(ii) Ice Cream (Heat Treatment Regulations) 1947 to 1951.
The Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, Etc.) Amendment Regulations, 1951
appointed the 1st March, 1951 as the date from which local authorities may
require the use of thermometers to indicate and record temperatures to which
ice cream mixture is subjected in the manufacture of ice cream. The Council
decided, in accordance with the recommendations of the Minister of Health,
that 4 thermometers should be provided of the following types:—
A recording thermometer at the heat treatment stage;
An indicating thermometer at the heat treatment stage;
An indicating thermometer at the cooling stage;
An indicating thermometer at storage stage.
(iii) Sampling.
Samples for bacteriological examination are taken monthly from April
to September and at regular intervals during the winter months as supplied
by all manufacturers to tricycle salesmen and local retailers. Samples are
repeated after unsatisfactory results. In 1951, 110 samples were submitted
for examination with the following results:—
Ministry of
No. of Samples Health % of Total. Unsatis-
Provisional factory
grade. Samples.
54 I 49.1 —
26 II 23.6 3
21 III 19.1 9
9 IV 8.2 5
110 100.0 17
Of the 17 unsatisfactory samples, 5 contained excessive bacteria and the
remainder contained coliform organisms including some of faecal origin.
The ice cream was manufactured in Ilford in 4 cases only. The local Medical
Officers of Health were communicated with in cases where supplies were
received from outside the Borough and in all cases the Sanitary Inspectors
visited the premises to check the arrangements for manufacture and/or
storage. Further available samples proved satisfactory.
The Food Standards (Ice Cream) Order 1951 which came into operation
on the 1st March, 1951 prescribed standards for ice cream. During 1951,
13 samples were submitted for chemical analyses, all of which complied with
the Order.
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