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At one of the large milk processing and bottling depots in
the Borough, extensive alterations are in progress involving
almost complete re-equipment with modern plant.
It has been shown over the past number of years that the
results of milk testing as laid down in the Sale of Milk Regulations 1939 has proved to be very satisfactory, and, in view of
this, the number of samples taken for examination during
1950 was reduced, allowing the Food and Drugs Inspectors to
increase the amount of sampling of other commodities.
Inspection and Supervision of Food and Food Premises, etc.
It has been observed that offences relating to food which
in the past consisted mainly of the addition or abstraction of
some substance for the purpose of gain, appear to be giving
place to offences arising from carelessness in preparation or
manufacture and lack of supervision. Among these, the most
common is perhaps the presence of foreign bodies in foodstuffs
such as string in bread and fly pupae in milk bottles.
The following is a list of some of the complaints of this
nature received in the department.
Human hair in dried milk.
Wood in bread.
Iron locking nut in bread.
String in bread.
Dirt containing fibres and insect fragments in a bread roll.
Wood in butter.
2-in. nail in a currant pudding.
Piece of cloth in tinned corned beef.
Fly pupae in bottle of milk.
Glass fragments in bottle of milk.
Metal foil caps in bottle of milk.
Deposits of foreign matter (cement, etc.) in bottles of milk.
Legal proceedings were taken in a number of these cases
resulting in a total of £72 4s. in penalties and costs.
Underground Bakehouses.
As the result of action taken under Section 54 of the
Factories Act, 1937, the number of basement bakehouses in
use in the Borough has been reduced to four. In these cases
Certificates of Suitability as required by the Act have been
renewed following completion of the necessary work to the
satisfaction of the Council.