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In addition, 28 formal samples of milk were submitted to
the Public Analyst for chemical analysis, all of which were
reported as genuine.
Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923/1948
These regulations provide standards for milk fat and milk
solids of condensed milk and control the labelling of tins or
other receptacles. During the year, 14 samples were submitted
for examination to the Public Analyst and were reported
genuine.
Slaughterhouses
In accordance with the Livestock (Restriction on Slaughtering
Order), 1940, the two private slaughterhouses have not
been used during the year, but the licences have been renewed
by the occupiers.
Hammersmith Clean Food Traders' Guild
The Hammersmith Clean Food Traders' Guild continued to
operate during the year. This Guild, which was formed in
1949 with the object of securing an improvement in the
conditions under which foodstuffs are prepared and sold in
the Borough, is controlled by a Committee consisting, mainly,
of representatives of the various sections of the food trade,
although the Health Committee has representation thereon.
To qualify for membership a trader's premises must comply
with all legal requirements and be approved by the Medical
Officer of Health and the trader must give an undertaking that
he will conform to a "Code of Practice" adopted by the Guild.
In a number of respects the "Code of Practice" calls for a
higher standard of hygiene than can be enforced under
present legislation.
The conditions of membership provide that reports shall be
submitted to the Committee at least once a year in regard to
each trader's premises. For this purpose special inspections
were made by the Food and Drugs Inspectors and the Sanitary
Inspectors, in addition to the routine inspections which they
made of food shops and factories. The reports indicated that
the standard required by the Guild was, generally, being well