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Inspection of Food. Premises
Premises, where food is prepared, stored or exposed for
sale for human consumption, are frequently inspected. The following
is a record of the inspections made by the public health inspectors
engaged on this work for 1959
Premises registered under -
No. of
premises
No. of
inspections
(1) Section 16, Food and Drugs Act, 1955 -
(a) for the sale, or the manufacture
for the purpose of sale, of ice-cream,
or the storage of ice-cream intended
for sale 330 60 +
(b) for the preparation or manufacture
of sausages or potted, pressed,
pickled or preserved food intended
for sale 113 172
(2) Milk & Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959
as dairies or where the occupier
is registered for the sale of milk in
sealed containers only 220 764
+ Additional inspections of the
premises (not primarily in connection
with the sale of ice-cream) are recorded
under different headings in the following
table.
Food premises
(all categories)
No. of
premises
No. of
inspections
Bakehouses - underground 6 12
" - others 10 7
Bread and cake shops 45 33
Butchers 71 125
Dairies and premises where milk is sold 220 215
Fishmongers 31 46
Food factories 5 39
General stores 11 152
Greengrocers 109 52
Grocers 222 371
Ice-cream 330 60
Preserved food 21 47
Public houses and off-licences 151 72
Restaurants and cafes 254 397
Sweet shops 168 93
Street markets, stalls and storage premises 95 (lic311
ensed traders.)
95
(Miscellaneous
).
Milk (Special Designations)(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949/54
During the year licences under these Regulations were
granted as follows :-