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Preservatives in Food
The routine practice under which all samples of milk, butter,
margarine and cheese submitted to the Public Analyst, are examined
for the presence of a preservative was continued throughout the year
and in no instance was a preservative found to be present.
Frozen Egg
During the year 32 samples of frozen egg, contaminated by
Salmonella organisms, were submitted for bacteriological examination
after pasteurisation and satisfactory reports were received thereon.
The pasteurisation plant concerned was installed at a large
local firm of provision merchants in the early part of the year, and
I have given permission for regular consignments of contaminated frozen
egg to be processed thereat under my supervision.
Ice Cream
During the year, 22 applications for registration for the sale
of ice cream were approved and 21 premises were removed from the
register upon ceasing the sale of ice cream.
At the end of the year there were 152 registered premises in the
Borough, 256 inspections of these premises were made during the year
and in 12 instances notices were served concerning insanitary conditions
9 samples of ice cream were submitted to the Methylene Blue
test and graded as follows:-
Grade 1 5
Grade 2 2
Grade 3 1
Grade 4 1
The samples of ice cream Graded 3 and 4 were from the same
manufacturer in the Borough whose premises and equipment were of a
good standard. Each of these unsatisfactory samples was followed