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Regulation. Dated.
Honey (Amended) August 16th
Brussels Sprouts August 25th
Dressed Poultry August 31st
Celery September 6th
Apples September 18th
Pears September 18 th
Butter Factories and Wholesale Dealers in Margarine.
All butter factories, and wholesale dealers in margarine, are
required to be registered by the Local Authority, in accordance
with the provisions contained in section 8 of the Food and Drugs
(Adulteration) Act, 1928.
At the end of the year there were 23 wholesale dealers in
margarine entered upon the register of this Authority.
Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food.
Details of the chemical analysis of samples of food, etc., carried
out by Mr. Martin Priest, Public Analyst, appear in the tables on
pages 68 and 69. Particulars of the bacteriological examinations
of milk and ice cream conducted by Dr. G. Bousfield, the Council's
Bacteriologist, also appear in the references to these articles of food
in the Inspection and Supervision of Food section of this Report.
Food Poisoning.
Nineteen notifications of food poisoning were received during
1933. Every case was carefully investigated. In the majority of
these cases the illness was only mild in character and the patients
quickly recovered.