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(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, 1966, was 221.
Two hundred and fifty-one visits of inspection were made to
Preserved Food premises and Fried Fish shops as a result of which
a number of sanitary defects were remedied.
Ice Cream Premises—By the end of the year the total number
of registered Ice Cream premises stood at 558.
Visits to these premises were made on 212 occasions and 14
improvements were effected.
Manufacture and Sale of Ice Cream
Ice Cream Sampling (Bacteriological Examination).—Use was
made of the Public Health Laboratory Service as provided for
under the National Health Act and 110 samples were submitted for
examination and the ice-cream graded according to the Ministry's
provisional grading scheme.

On receipt of a Grade 3 or 4 report it is the practice in this
Borough to obtain further samples from a vendor before administrative
action is taken. It was not necessary during the year to have
recourse to "administrative action".
Of the 110 samples taken during the current year, 17 were of
the "soft" variety, 7 of which were reported upon as being unsatisfactory.
Quantitative Analysis—Standards for the composition of ice
cream are contained in the Food Standards (Ice-Cream) Regulations,
1959.
Four samples were taken, all of which proved satisfactory.