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FOOD HYGIENE (Continued),
At the request of the Public Health Committee, I prepared and
submitted to them a Report on "Food and Drink Infections" during the
month of June, in which it was suggested;-
1, That representations be made to the Minister of Health and
the Minister of Food that legislation should be introduced requiring
the registration with the local authority under the Food and Drugs
Act, 1938, of:
(a) any premises where food is prepared, sold or stored
for the purpose of salej and
(b) the proprietor or person-in-charge of any such premises,
the local authority being empowered to refuse or cancel registration
if it appears to them that the public health is, or is likely to be,
endangered by the condition of the premises, or by any act or default
of the proprietor or person-in-charge, subject to a right of appeal,
20 That when operative, effect should be given to the bye-laws
which the London County Council propose to make under Section 15 of
the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, and upon which the Public Health
Committee expressed their views on 4th April, 1950,
3, That a Clean Food Advisory Committee be formed in Chelsea of
representatives of the various sections of food traders to advise
upon the best methods of promoting hygienic practices amongst food
handlers, and to further co-operation between the Council and food
traders in improving the hygiene of the preparation, sale and storage
of food in the Borough, It is suggested that this Committee should
invite representatives of the Chelsea Chamber of Commerce and local
nominees of the various food handling interests to confer with them
within the terms of the recommendation. In this regard it is
suggested that consideration should be given to the formulation of
codes of practice appropriate to the various trades, such codes to
include basic principles on the lines of an accompanying schedule,
with, where necessary, additional principles specific to each
particular trade.
It is further suggested that the conference should consider the
possibility of instituting a system of nominating food hygiene officers
for each food handling establishment, and, if agreed, that intensive
instruction of such officers should be undertaken. The Conference
would also present an opportunity to discuss the question of the
general instruction of employees in food hygiene by means of such
media as lectures, talks, films, posters and metal plaques,
4, That measures be taken for the promotion of knowledge among
the public in matters of food hygiene.