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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Milk Supply
Number of premises at the end of the year on the Register
were:-
Dairies 144
Itinerant purveyors 64
Sealed containers only 200
The Inspectona made 794 visits and 300 formal samples were
taken and submitted for analysis.
Milk (Special Peslunation,3) Regulations 19?b to 1943
The number of licences granted during 1944 were:-
Licences
SupdIementary
Tuberculin Tested
20
6
Accredited
1
—
pasteurised
50
9
Heat and Other Food9
(1) Public Health (Meat) Regulations 1924
Periodical visits of inspection were made as
follows:-
Slaughter Houses 11
Meat Depots 273
Butchers' Shops & Meat Stalls 683
Prepared Meat premises 396
(ii) Inspection of ether premises where focd is
Prepared or offered for sale
Tiie Food inspectors have continued to keep all such
premises under regular and frequent cbssrvation,
778 inspections being made for thic purpose,
Adulterations & prosecutions
A total of 800 samples (399 formal and 401 informal)
were sent for analysis, of which 11 formal and 10 Informal
were found to be adulterated.
Prosecutions in 6 cases were undertaken under the
Food & Drugs Act 1938 - 3 in respect of Milk and 3 for
other adulterated foods.