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Examination of beef carcase by
Food Inspector.
experts, which included the Chairman of the Guild, the
Chairman of the Health Committee, Mr. Morley Parry of
the Ministry of Food and the Medical Officer of Health
answered questions put to them from the audience ranging
over a wide field and covering most aspects of Food Hygiene.
In May, a Clean Food Exhibition was held in the Small Hall
at the Town Hall. Exhibits provided by the Ministry of
Food, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Central
Council for Health Education, the Public Health Department
and the Guild, illustrated the necessity for care in the handling
of food, the dangers which might arise as the result of improper
practices and the best methods to be adopted in the preparation,
storage and exposure for sale. Food care in the home
was also covered by exhibits. It is estimated that between
2,500 and 3,000 members of the general public visited the
exhibition during the week that it was open. Each day visiting
parties of children from the senior schools in the Borough,
joined in specially designed demonstrations.