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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
There are no offensive trades, slaughterhouses or licensed slaughtermen in the Borough.
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.
In July a quantity of Vienna steaks were seized from a restaurant kitchen and
condemned by a Justice of the Peace, Subsequently at the Magistrate's Court the
proprietor was fined £50 with £10 10s, od„ costs for having in his possession for the
purpose of sale, food which was unfit for human consumption.
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 public health 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.

COMPLAINTS
During the year under review, 24 complaints were received from members of the
public regarding food Each complaint was fully investigated and the following are
details of the action taken.