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BY-LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF FOOD
On 3rd November, 1952, by-laws made under Section 15 of the Food and
Drugs Act, 1938, by the London County Council for securing the observance
of sanitary and cleanly conditions and practices in connection with the
handling, wrapping and delivery of food sold or intended for sale for
human consumption, and in connection with the sale or exposure for sale
in the open air of food intended for human consumption, came into
operation.
A copy of the by-laws was delivered to every type of food shop in the
Borough.
The by-laws apply to food handlers and their clothing, to food
premises and to the fixtures, fittings and methods of delivery of food.
An example of the detail is that every person who handles, wraps or
delivers, or causes to be handled, wrapped or delivered any food shall:-
'Take all such steps as may be reasonably necessary to
protect the food from dust, dirt, mud, filth, dirty water,
dirty ice, animals, rodents, flies, insects, and other sources
of contamination by other persons, and in particular shall
cause the food to be so placed as to prevent risk of contamination
from such sources.'
Another point of interest is that it is now an offence to use any
newsprint to wrap food, (other than uncooked vegetables), so that it is
in direct contact with the food.
Certain by-laws apply to stalls on which food is sold or exposed in
the open air and an early opportunity was taken to confer with the
Borough Engineer and Surveyor and his staff so that the best possible
conditions could be promoted in the street markets of the Borough.