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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE FOOD SUPPLY.
This naturally falls under three headings:—
I. Supervision of premises where food is stored, prepared, or from
which it is sold or distributed.
II. Examination of food as to its soundness.
III. Sampling of food to determine its composition or sophistication.
These duties are distributed amongst the members of the Inspectorial
Staff and, although the Food Inspector is primarily responsible
for the purity of the food, this duty, particularly in respect of milk and
the soundness of food, is shared, but to a less degree, by all the
Inspectors.
I. Food Premises.
1. Milkshops. Administration of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
29 applications for registration (including 16 transfers) in respect of
premises were granted during the year. At the end of the year there
were 163 premises registered for the sale of milk. In addition to the
above, 74 persons were registered for the sale of unopened bottled milk
only, and 25 persons or firms trading from premises outside the Borough
were registered as purveyors within the Borough. One wholesale
premises (Sterilised Milk) is also on the Register. Bottling of milk
is carried out at 23 premises.
There are no cow-houses in the Borough.
During the year 395 inspections of milk shops were made. Many
minor matters were remedied as the result of verbal intimation by the
Inspectors.