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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
FOOD SUPPLIES.
The supervision of the food supplies of the community is
one of the most important duties which devolve upon the
Public Health Service.
The health of a nation depends more upon its food
supplies than any other factor and, therefore, special care
must be exercised to ensure that the purity thereof is above
suspicion.
The London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1932, provides for the registration of premises used or
proposed to be used—
(1) for the sale or the manufacture for the purpose of
sale of ice-cream or other similar commodity or the
storage of ice-cream or other similar commodity
intended for sale; or
(2) for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or
potted pressed pickled or preserved meat fish or
other food intended for sale.
If a sanitary authority is satisfied that any premises
registered or sought to be registered with them pursuant to
this section are unsuitable for the purpose for which they
are registered or sought to be registered, they may serve
upon—
(a) the person on whose application the premises were
registered or the occupier of the premises; or
(b) the person applying for such registration;
(as the case may be) a notice to appear before them not
less than seven days after the date of the notice to show
cause why the sanitary authority should not for reasons to
be specified in the notice remove the premises from the
register or refuse to register the premises (as the case
may be), and if he fails to show cause to their satisfaction
accordingly they may remove the premises from the
register or refuse to register the premises (as the case
may be).