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General.
There are no abattoirs or slaughterhouses in the borough, and no
killing of animals for human consumption is carried out.
There are no premises within the borough where poultry is
processed.
Pesticides Residues in Foodstuffs.
In January, 1966, the Council approved a recommendation from the
Health Committee supporting the proposal of the Association of Public
Analysts that an enquiry be made into the contamination of food by
toxic chemicals, and the Association of Municipal Corporations was
informed of the Council's agreement to participate in this scheme.
This national scheme will operate for two years from 1st August,
1966, and, as one of the twenty-four participating authorities in
Greater London, the Council are required to obtain and submit for
analysis eighteen samples per year. These analyses require specialised
equipment not possessed by the Council's Public Analyst,
Dr. H. Amphlett Williams, but Dr. D.D. Moir, Public Analyst, of 16
Southwark Street, S.E.1., has the necessary equipment, and has agreed
to carry out this service for the Council at the appropriate fee of
£6.0s.0d. per sample. At the time of the Health Committee's
recommendation, it was believed that the Council's Public Analyst could
include these samples in his normal analyses, and it was not appreciated
that specialised methods and equipment would be involved.
It is proposed to take the first samples for analysis under this
scheme during the March quarter of 1967.
The Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations, 1966
These Regulations come into operation on 1st January, 1967, and lay
down requirements as to food hygiene in respect of markets, stalls and
delivery vehicles. Markets and stalls are so defined (Regulation 2(1))
that the Regulations apply to any handling of or trading in food which
is undertaken either (i) in any market or market premises, or (ii) away
from fixed premises. Delivery vehicles are defined as any vehicles
used for the delivery of food; if they are used for the sale of food,
they come within the definition of stall and become subject to the
appropriate requirements for stalls.
The principal requirements of the Regulations relate to:-
(a) the cleanliness of stalls and delivery vehicles used in
any food business and the equipment used therein;
(b) the hygienic handling of food and the separation of
food offered for sale from any unfit for human
consumption;
(c) the cleanliness of persons engaged in the handling of
food and of their clothing, and the action to be taken
where they suffer from or are the carriers of certain
infections liable to cause food poisoning;
(d) the wearing of clean and washable over clothing while
handling open food (waiters and certain others
excepted);