View report page

FOOD CONTROL
FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS, 1955
The above-named Regulations made under Section 13 of the Food and Drugs
Act, 1955, came into force in part on 1st January, 1956. As it had been
anticipated that; a good deal of planning and expenditure by shopkeepers might
be required to bring some premises up to the new standards laid down in the
Regulations, certain sections concerning this did not come into force until
1st July, 1956. Thereafter the lack of provision of suitable and sufficient
sanitary and washing accommodation as laid down became an offence punishable
with greatly increased severity as compared with previous enactments.
Prior to 1st July 1956, when the Regulations became in force in their
entirety, all occupiers of food premises in the Borough were sent a printed
abstract of the provisions of the Regulations settingout the principal requirements.
Visits to food premises have been somewhat curtailed by staff shortages
but at the premises visited, the co-operation of the occupiers has been good.
These Regulations have enabled the standard in the food premises in the
Borough to be improved still further and have supported more vigorous action in
a few intransigent cases.

ICE CREAM
The Ice Cream (Heat Treatment etc ) Regulations 1947/52
Observations as laid down in these Regulations were made on the four premises
where manufacture of ice cream was carried out.
• 27-