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These regulations are new for London, though they have practically
been in existence in Glasgow since 1895, and in Liverpool since
1898. These Ice-cream Sections in the General Powers (London
County Council) Act, 1902, have been printed as posters and
exhibited throughout the Borough, and, in addition, special copies
in English and Italian have been distributed to every registered icecream
maker or salesman in Finsbury.
The Section dealing with marking of barrows is as follows :—
Every itinerant vendor of any such commodity as aforesaid shall if not
himself the manufacturer thereof exhibit in a legible manner on a
conspicuous part of :his barrow a notice stating the name and address of
the person from whom he obtains such commodity and if such vendor is
himself the manufacturer of such commodity he shall in the same manner
exhibit his own name and address. Every such itinerant vendor who shall
fail to comply with the provisions of this Section shall be liable for each
offence on conviction as aforesaid to a penalty not exceeding Forty
Shillings. Proceedings for the recovery of the penalties shall be instituted
by the Sanitary Authority for the District in which the offence was
committed or of the District to the Medical Officer of which such notification
as aforesaid ought to have been made or in which such itinerant
vendor as aforesaid shall offer any such commodity as aforesaid for sale as
the case may be.
Under this Section we were the first Authority in London to
institute proceedings. A conviction was obtained and a fine of 5s.
inflicted. A second case occurred in April, when a conviction was
obtained and a fine and costs of £1 8s. was inflicted.
TINNED PEAS.
On May 7th, Inspector Billing seized 216 tins (2½ lbs. each) of
preserved green peas (called "Spanish"). I examined these peas
and found them to be discoloured, possessed of an offensive smell,
slimy to the touch, and many of them pulpy. The fluid in which
they were tinned was thick, discoloured, and containing many
bubbles of gas. The tins themselves were slightly "blown," and
their inside walls were discoloured. On these facts I submitted the
216 tins to the Magistrate as unsound and unfit for food, and he
condemned them, and they were destroyed. On May 19, the case
came before the Court for trial. The case was defended by
Mr. Beck. A conviction was obtained for us, and a penalty of £15
and £5 costs was inflicted.