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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Slaughtermen's Licences;
The Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933, provides that no animal shall
be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse or knacker's yard by any person who
is not a holder of a licence granted by a local authority.
A licence may only be granted to a person aged 18 years or upwards
who is, in the opinion of the local authority, a fit and proper person
to hold a licence. A licence remains in force for a period of up to
three years and may be renewed from time to time at the discretion of
the local authority.
During 1953, two such licences were issued to slaughtermen
resident in the Borough of Fulham. There are no slaughterhouses in the
Borough.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938. Section 10.
Examination of Food and Seizure of Unsound Food:
Certain articles of food which are liable to be adulterated are
controlled by sampling and chemical analysis by the Public Analyst, but
foods which deteriorate in quality and become unfit for human consumption
are supervised by inspection and seizure with subsequent condemnation
by a Justice of the Peace and destruction.
Section 10 of the Act empowers any authorised officer of the
local authority to examine food for human consumption which is deposited
for sale and if it appears to him to be unfit he may seize it and remove
it in order to have it dealt with by a Justice of the Peace.
If it appears to the Justice of the Peace that any food brought
before him is unfit for human consumption he shall condemn it and
order it to be destroyed or to be so dealt with as to prevent it from
being used for human food.
No action was necessary under this Section during 1953.