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Grocers' Shops.
All grocers' shops are subject to routine inspections, and following
a report concerning a contravention of the Food Hygiene (General)
Regulations, 1960, at a grocer's shop, a summons was issued against the
shop-keeper for placing food on the public footway so as to involve
risk of contamination contrary to Regulation 8 (a). The defendant
Pleaded " Guilty ", and was fined £1 and ordered to pay £2 costs.
Preserved Food Premises.
Section 16 (b) of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, provides for the
registration of premises used for the preparation or manufacture of
sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food intended for sale.
A total of 109 premises were registered at the end of the year. In
addition to butchers' and fish shops, 7 inspections of other preserved
food premises were carried out. Four notices under the Food Hygiene
Regulations were served.
Catering Establishments.
All restaurants, cafes, canteens and kitchens are regularly inspected
throughout the year. There are 223 of these premises on the Register,
and 760 inspections were made, 3 notices under the Food Hygiene
Regulations being served.
Food Stalls.
All street stalls from which food for human consumption is
sold are regularly inspected and, where the food sold is stored in the
Borough, the storage places are also inspected. There are 72 food stalls,
the majority of them being in the two street markets in Battersea High
Street and Northcote Road.
Legal proceedings which were taken against the owner of a mobile
van from which ice cream was being sold are referred to under the
heading "Ice Cream Premises" on page 40.