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All food condemned as unfit for human consumption is collected by the Council,
taken to the refuse destructor in Fulham and destroyed.
COMPLAINTS BY PURCHASERS OF FOOD
During the year, 116 complaints were received from members of the public
alleging the unsatisfactory condition of food purchased by them in the borough. The complaints
generally related to the presence of foreign matter in foods, and the unsatisfactory
condition of bread, meat pie, liver, cheese, sausages, confectionery, meat, cereal, vegetables
and fruit.
Of these complaints, 13 cases resulted in the Health Committee instructing the
Town Clerk to institute legal proceedings and in each case a conviction was awarded.
In 9 cases, the Health Committee decided to' send warning letters to the vendors
or manufacturers concerned.
The remaining 94 cases were dealt with informally, either owing to the lack of
sufficient evidence, or to the complaint not being substantiated.
THE LIQUID EGG (PASTEURISATION) REGULATIONS, 1963
The Regulations require the pasteurisation of liquid egg to be used in food
intended for sale for human consumption, other than egg broken out on the food manufacturers'
premises and used within twenty-four hours. The Regulations prescribe the method
of pasteurisation and the test to be satisfied.
There is no egg pasteurisation plant in Kensington and Chelsea and it was not
found necessary during the year to take any sample of liquid egg in accordance with these
Regulations.
ADULTERATION OF FOOD
During the year, 100 formal samples were submitted for analysis by the Public
Analyst, of which 25 (25%) were either adulterated or otherwise unsatisfactory. 1,094
informal samples were also submitted for analysis, of which 68 (6.21%) were either adulterated
or otherwise unsatisfactory.
In six of the formal cases legal proceedings were taken. In nine cases warnings
were given to the producers, manufacturers or vendors, and in the remaining ten cases no
further action was taken. The results of these unsatisfactory samples were brought to the
notice of the producers, manufacturers or vendors as the case may be.
ICE CREAM
The Food Standards (Ice Cream) Regulations, 1959, and the Labelling of Food
(Amendment) Regulations, 1959, have been made jointly by the Minister of Health and the
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
The Ice Cream Regulations prescribe standards for ice cream and introduce separate
standards for "dairy ice cream" (or "dairy cream ice" or "cream ice"), and for "milk ice".
The Labelling Regulations prohibit the labelling, marking or advertising of ice
cream in a manner suggestive of butter, cream, milk, or anything connected with the dairy
interestunless the ice cream contains no fat other than milk (except such as may be introduced
by the use as an ingredient of any egg, flavouring substance, or emulsifying or stabilising
agent), but permit the presence of skimmed milk solids to be declared. These Regulations
also provide that it is an offence to sell under the description "ice cream", any pre-packed
ice cream which contains fat other than milk fat, unless it bears on the wrapper or container
a declaration "Contains non-milk fat" or, if appropriate, "Contains vegetable fat" in type
of a prescribed minimum size.