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A full report on the survey was submitted to the Council
at the end of 1949, and copies were sent to appropriate
Government Departments and other local authorities.
After full consideration of all the facts revealed by
the survey, the Council decided-
(a) that representations be made to the Minister of
Health and the Minister of Pood that legislation should be
introduced requiring the registration with the local authority
under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, of:-
(i) any premises where food is prepared, sold or
stored for the purpose of sale;
(ii) the proprietor or person in charge of any
such premises;
the local authority being empowered after hearing the interested
parties 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 to
a court of summary jurisdiction; and that such legislation
should provide for the automatic registration in the first
instance of all premises in existence when such legislation
is introduced and of the persons who shall then be the
proprietors or persons in charge of any such premises;
(b) that the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint
Committee be asked to make representations to the London
County Council on the need for byelaws to be made under Section
15 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, and as to provisions
which should be included in the bye laws;
(c) that a Clean Pood Advisory Committee be formed in
Kensington of representatives of the various sections of food
traders to advise upon the methods of promoting hygienic
practices among food handlers, and to further co-operation
between the Council and the food traders in improving the
hygiene of the preparation, sale and storage of food; and
(d) that measures be taken for the promotion of
knowledge among the public in matters of food hygiene.
Food Legislation.
During the year new or revised legislation relating to
food came into operation, and, from the Council's viewpoint,
the most important were as follows
Food & Drugs (Whalemeat) Regulations, 1949
Date of operation 20th March, 1949
Provisions are included for protecting whalemeat against
contamination in shops, on stalls, daring transport, and
handling in wholesale markets, and are similar to those in
the case of meat under the Public Health (Meat) Regulations,
1924.
The Mineral Oil in Food Order, 1949
Date of operation 9th Aprils 1949.
This Order prohibits the use of mineral oil in the
composition or preparation of any food intended for sale or
sold for human consumption. It also prohibits with certain
provisos, the sale or possession for sale for human
consumption of any article of food containing mineral oil.