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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
SLAUGHTERMEN' S LICENCES
Slaughter of Aninals Act, 1933
During the year 1955, one such licence was issued to a slaughterman resident in 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.
No action was necessary under this section during 1955.
Voluntary Surrender of Food
In practice, shopkeepers make very little attempt to sell to the public any foodstuff
which is unfit for human consumption and it is customary for retailers who find food they
have purchased from wholesalers to be unsound at the time they receive it or to have become
unfit after storage on their premises to notify the local authority, and request an inspection
by the district sanitary inspector who will, if satisfied after examination that the
food is unfit, issue a certificate to that effect and arrange for its removal to, and
destruction at, the Council's Refuse Destructor.
During 1955, 1,296 Certificates of Condemnation were issued by the sanitary inspectors
relating to the under mentioned voluntarily surrendered foods

Meat
5.368 lbs.
Chickens and Rabbits
94 lbs.