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Designation) Regulations, 1960, but, for all practical purposes, the
new provisions with regard to licences made under these new Regulations
become effective from 1st January, 1961.
Analytical Examination of Milk.—All designated milks being
sold in the Borough were sampled, including those of the superfatted
variety, viz., Channel Island, Jersey, South Devon, etc. A
total of 41 formal samples were submitted to chemical analysis and
all proved to be genuine.
Five samples of cream were sampled and found to be genuine.
Summaries of samples taken from L.C.C. Schools and Nurseries
for chemical and bacteriological examination continued to be
furnished regularly to that authority.
Preserved Food and Ice Cream Premises.—In accordance
with the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, Section 16,
all premises with the exception of schools, clubs, hotels or
restaurants used :—
(a) for the sale, or manufacture for the purpose of sale, of
ice cream, or storage of ice cream intended for sale; or
(b) for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted,
pressed, pickled or preserved food intended for sale;
are required to be registered by the owner or occupier with the
Local Authority.
Preserved Food Premises (meat, fish, etc.).—The total number
of premises on the register at 31st December, was 90.
Eighty-two visits of inspection were made to Preserved Food
premises and Fried Fish shops as a result of which 9 improvements
were made and several sanitary defects remedied.
Ice Cream Premises.—By the end of the year the total number
of registered Ice Cream premises stood at 224.
Visits to these premises were made on 137 occasions and 2
improvements effected.
Manufacture and Sale of Ice Cream.—As the public's
appreciation of the food value of ice cream increases, so
consumption rises but, as yet, no legal bacteriological standard
exists.
From time to time representations have been made to the
Minister of Health with a view to the adoption of a bacteriological
standard of cleanliness but he has made it known that he is satisfied
that no existing test is precise or selective enough to justify its
adoption as a statutory measure. In his opinion the methylene
blue reductase test affords a simple and valuable " rule of thumb
method for the measurement of the bacterial cleanliness of
ice cream indicating the necessity or otherwise of further investigation
into methods of production.