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requirements of holidays crowds with the Inevitable cockles,
whelks, soft drinks and Ice-cream,. At each of these fairs the
food stalls were Inspected and samples taken with satisfactory
results.
Olympia Exhibition Halls
These halls are used for staging exhibitions of world wide
Interest attracting both exhibitors and visitors from many countries.
Many of these Shows are basically concerned with the production,
preparation and sale of food and drink and on these occasions
the Food and Drugs Inspectors visit to ensure that legal
and hygienic requirements are compiled with satisfactorily.
A high standard of hygiene is obtained although restricted
conditions may make things not too easy at times.
Pharmacy & poisons Act 1933-
The local authority Is responsible for the supervision of
the sale of scheduled poisons In Part II of the Poisons List In
shops other than chemists and pharmacists, section 18 of the Act
requires that except In the case of an authorised seller of poisons
selling from premises duly registered under part I of the Act
(qualified pharmacists) no person shall sell any poison Included
In part II of the Poisons List unless his name Is entered in a
local authority s list of sellers of such poisons. The requirements
applicable are laid down In this section and in the Poisons Rules
and are briefly as follows--
The sale must be effected on the premises specified In the
local authority5s list.
The container of the poison must be labelled with the various
particulars and in the prescribed manner.
No poison may be sold except In containers which comply
with the requirements of the Rules.
Certain specified poisons must not be sold by any person
other than the listed shopkeeper himself, or a responsible
deputy nominated by him to the local authority.
The sale of certain specified poisons may be made only to
persons satisfying the prescribed qualifications and must
be entered in a poisons book to be kept by the listed
seller and to be available for Inspection by the local authority.
Arrangements for storage must be satisfactory and in compliance
with the prescribed methods.