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73. Foreign matter in l/3rd pint milk bottle Legal proceedings.
74. Foreign matter in l/3rd pint milk bottle Legal proceedings.
75. Foreign matter (metal) in best white loaf Legal proceedings.
76. Bordeaux wine was Spanish Graves No action.
77. Mouldy condition of cheese Legal proceedings.
78. Canned ravioli contained insect Letter to producers.
Ice Cream
Ice cream is manufactured at two premises in the Borough.
During the year 47 samples 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 is recorded and the samples graded as
follows
Provisional Grade Time taken to decolourise
Methylene Blue
1 4½ hours or more
2 2½ hours or more
3 ½ to 2 hours
4 Less than £ hour
The 47 samples were placed in the following grades
26 were within Grade 1
9 " " " 2
8 " " " 3
4 " " " 4
Premises Registered under Section 16 Food and Drugs Act, 1955
Ice cream manufacturers 3
Ice cream sales only 3
Confectioners (sweetshops) selling ice cream 210
Restaurants (selling ice cream for consumption
off the premises) 22
Grocers selling ice cream 117
Fruiterers and greengrocers selling ice cream 11
Off licence premises selling ice cream 12
Bakers selling ice cream 2
Hairdressers selling ice cream 2
Fried fish shop selling ice cream 1
Butchers preserving meat and/or manufacturing
sausages 59
Grocers and provision dealers preserving meat 28
Caterers preserving meat 2
Fishmongers curing fish 20
Food factories manufacturing sausages and
preserved food 4
Total 496
B.28