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(b) Drainage and sanitary fittings required
by Sanitary Notices 22
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES.
The Food & Drugs Amendment Act, 1954.
The publication of this Act has aroused much interest
but we shall not know the full impact on the work of the
Department until the appointed day for Its complete operation
has been fixed.
The Act follows the publication of the various Governmental
Working Party's deliberations and reports on Meat
Products, Catering trades hygiene and Meat Inspection. It
envisages new regulations concerning labelling, food hygiene
and codes of practice for food premises. These will come
before a body, set up under Section 13 of the Act, which is to
be representative of the general public, the traders concerned
and the workers in those trades.
Section 13 of the principal Act, the Food & Drugs Act,
1938, regarding precautions to be taken against the contamination
of food has long been inadequate for present day needs
and it is hoped that the prospective Regulations will
strengthen considerably our statutory powers in this direction.