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Registered Food Premises:
In addition to ice-cream premises, the number of premises
registered under Section 16 of the Pood & Drugs Act 1955 for the
manufacture of sausages, or potted pressed, pickled or preserved
foods is 72. The various types of business carried on at these
premises are as follows: -
Sausage Manufacturing 31
Sausage Smoking 1
Meat Pickling 39
Offal Cooking 5
Cooked meats or pie making 4
Ham boiling 11
Bacon curing & smoking 3
Fish curing 3
Shellfish cooking 2
Jellied Eels 2
Meat Extraction 1
A total of 103 visits were paid by the Inspectors during 1959,
Unfortunately it was found necessary to take action in respect
of a sausage manufacturing establishment under Section 19 of the
Pood & Drugs Act 1955, which provides for cancellation of the
registration of premises used for specific purposes which fail to
conform with the requirements of the Act. The occupier was given
ample opportunity to render the premises satisfactory, but failed
to carry out the necessary works and eventually appeared before
the appropriate Committee, and was later informed that it had
been decided to cancel the registration in respect of the premises
in question. No appeal was made by the defendant.
The general conditions under which the types of food
preparation and preservation are carried out in the Borough, are
reasonably satisfactory. Improvements have been effected during
the year, and constant supervision is being maintained.
Street Markets:
There are four market streets situated at Chapel Market,
Exmouth Market, Whitecross Street and Farringdon Road, A total
of 590 stalls were licensed by the Council at the end of 1959 of
which 160 were licensed for the sale of foodstuffs, A rota of
week-end inspections of street markets operates and a total of
4,342 inspections were made including daily visits.