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3. The floor and fittings of the shop to be kept clean and free from dust at
all times.
4. If jams, syrups, and/or pickles are sold from open jars, a closely fitting
cover must be kept in position when not serving.
5. No paraffin, or similar oil, vegetables, fish, raw meat or offal to be sold
from the premises.
The Council passed a resolution that persons registered
as Purveyors of Milk, and those applying for registration,
he informed that the foregoing conditions must be observed,
and that, in the event of non-compliance, steps be taken to
cancel the registration, or, in the case of a new application,
that the same be refused unless the conditions are agreed to.
Bread. —In February, 1923, the attention of the Public
Health Committee was drawn to the practice of selling bread
entirely unprotected from dirt and other impurities.
The Committee recommended that the Metropolitan
Borough Councils be asked to support representations in
favour of legislation being promoted to deal with this
question.
In October, 1923, the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing
Joint Committee, after giving the matter careful consideration,
addressed a communication to the Minister of Health,
asking that legislation be promoted when opportunity arose.
Another practice which, though not so common as formerly,
is extremely objectionable, is that of taking back unused
stale bread and exchanging it for new.
This custom should be entirely prohibited, and the
representation included a note on this matter.
Ice-Cream. —6 samples of ice-cream were submitted for
bacteriological examination during the summer of 1923. The
reports in the case of 2 of the samples were far from satisfactory.
The necessary steps were taken to improve the
conditions under which the ice-cream was prepared and
stored, and further samples will be taken during the coming
season.
Preservatives in Foodstuffs. —The widespread use of
preservatives in foodstuffs was considered by the Council, and
it was decided to support a resolution of the Paddington
Borough Council urging the Ministry of Health to prescribe,
pursuant to the powers vested in the Ministry by Section 1
of the Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Act, 1907,
the limits of the amount of chemical preservatives sanctioned,
and to regulate the conditions of sale of foodstuffs containing
preservatives. Representations to this effect were made to
the Ministry of Health.