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Ice Cream
During the year 16 applications for registration for the sale of ice cream
were approved and 15 premises were removed from the register upon ceasing the sale
of ice cream.
At the end of the year there were 134 registered premises in the Borough.
301 inspections of these premises were made during the year and in 14 instances notices
were served concerning insanitary conditions.
66 samples of ice cream were submitted to the Methylene Blue test and
graded as follows:-
Grade 1 26
Grade 2 11
Grade 3 11
Grade 4 18
Two samples graded 3 and two samples graded 4 were followed immediate
by further samples from the retailers and manufacturer concerned; these samples
were reported as satisfactory.
In the case of 25 samples graded 3 and 4, the four retailers concerned
have ceased the manufacture and/or sale of ice cream.
Food Poisoning
Number of notifications (corrected) 13
Cases otherwise ascertained 2
Salmonella infection (not food borne) 2
In no case was the source of infection definitely established.