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(b) for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or
potted, pressed, pickled, or preserved meat, fish or other food
intended for sale ;
are required to be registered by the owner or occupier with the
Sanitary Authority.
Preserved Food Premises (meat, fish, etc.).—Six applications for
registration (5 in respect of meat and 1 in respect of fish) were
received during the year and, allowing for deletions, the total
number of premises remaining on the register at 31st December
was 109.
Three hundred and sixty-eight visits of inspection were made to
Preserved Food premises and Fried Fish shops as a result of which
improvements were made and sanitary defects remedied in 42
instances.
Ice Cream Premises.—By the end of the year the number of
registered Ice Cream premises had increased by 12 to a total of 216.
Visits to these premises were made on 441 occasions and 8
defects were remedied.
Manufacture and Sale of Ice Cream.—Whilst in operation,
sweet rationing undoubtedly stimulated the demand for ice cream
and, as evidenced by the increase in the number of premises
registered, the consumption of this commodity is still rising.
However, in order to minimise the risk of contamination and the
spread of infection, the policy in Greenwich has been to encourage
the sale of ' wrapped ' or ' carton ' ice-cream in preference to the
manufacture and sale of it ' loose.'
Factories in the area which produce ' Ice Lollies ' or ' Lolly '
syrup are regularly and carefully supervised.
The Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, etc.) Regulations, 1947 to 1951.—
The above Regulations were introduced to secure the elimination
of pathogenic organisms by a heat-treatment process similar to
that used in the pasteurisation of milk and, generally speaking, this
has been accomplished. The Amendment Regulations, 1952, introduced
on 5th May, served to provide a third method of heat treatment
for ice cream.
Ice Cream Sampling (Bacteriological Examination).—As in the
previous year the Council continued to make use of the Public
Health Laboratory Service as provided for under the National
Health Act and 99 samples were submitted for examination and
grading according to the Ministry's provisional Grading Scheme.