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The names and addresses of 110 retailers were entered cti the
Council's list of persons entitled to sell poisons under part II
of the Pharmacy & Poisons Act 1933 and Phannacy & Medicines Act
1941° By far the greater majority of these are food retailers.
In seme Instances the poisons sold are only household disinfectants,
but careful watch Is kept of commodities sold under proprietary
names containing other poisons Included In the llst„
No action was necessary In respect of any offence under the
Act. All the premises have been Injected as to their suitability,
method of storage and labelling as required under the Act and have
been found satisfactory.
ice Cream
10 premises were registered by the council for the sale of
Ice cream and at the end of 1955 the total number of registrations
In compliance with sec.14 of the pood & Drugs Act 1938 was 309.
The FOod & Drugs Inspectors made 458 visits to premises where
Ice cream Is sold, stored or manufactured.
During the year 94 samples of Ice cream were taken for bacteriological
examination. Most of these were from Ice cream factorles situated In the Borough. The results of the methylene blue
test were as follows: -
60 samples were within Grade I standard
ii n it n g n
12 « « » » 3 »
g II n n k 4 n
9 n n ungraded
samples graded I and 2 are considered satisfactory, but samples
graded In 3 and 4 are doubtful.
This again shows an Improvement on previous years, and It Is
gratifying to note that the only two samples falling within grade
4 were from Ice cream manufactured outside the Borough.
The samples shown as ungraded were taken during a special Investigation
carried out to trace the source of contamination by
faecal coll In Ice cream at a production factory situated In the
Borougi. as a result of this Investigation changes of staff and
management were made, and later samples have maintained a satisfactory
standard.
Milk supplies.
98 persons were registered as Distributors of milk at the close
of the year.