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38
Nature of Complaint
Mouldy shredded suet
Pencil pieces in wrapped ham
joint
Mouldy steak and kidney pie
Maggots in bacon
Discoloured corned beef
Flies in bottle of milk
Unsound tinned luncheon meat
Foreign body in bottle of milk
Dirty milk bottle
Sterilised milk with extraneous
water
Foreign body in sausages
Unsound bacon
Damaged tin of corned beef
Black spots in sausage
Action taken
Legal proceedings. Penalty £5:
3 gns. costs.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £5:
3 gns. costs.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £20:
2 gns. costs.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £5:
3 gns. costs.
Notified Minister.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £5:
2 gns. costs.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £15:
2 gns. costs.
Warning letter.
No action (insufficient evidence).
Warning letter.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £5:
2 gns. costs.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £5:
2 gns. costs.
No action (insufficient evidence).
Warning letter to manufacturers.
Bacteriological Examination of Food
The following samples were submitted for bacteriological examination by the
Public Health Laboratory Service: —
Ice Cream 38
Milk 66
Pasteurised Egg 14
Cream 5
Ice Cream
Ice cream is manufactured at two premises in the borough, one of which is
a large wholesale manufacturing and distributing company.
The trend towards the sale of soft ice cream, noticed a year or two ago, has
now eased off and in fact a number of small traders have reverted to wrapped ice
cream having found that the soft ice cream trade did not suit their particular
circumstances.
During the year 38 samples of ice cream were taken for bacteriological
examination and the Methylene Blue test by the Public Health Laboratory
Service. The Methylene Blue test is recommended by the Ministry of Health as
a guide for ascertaining the bacteriological cleanliness of ice cream. The time
taken to decolourise Methylene Blue being recorded and the samples graded as
follows: —