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Condensed and Dried Milks.—Amended Regulations.
In November, 1927, a communication was received from the Minister ol
Health forwarding for the information of the Local Authority, copies of the Public
Health (Condensed Milk) Amendment Regulations, 1927, and the Public Health
(Dried Milk) Amendment Regulations, 1927. These new regulations amend the
Condensed and Dried Milk Regulations, 1923. The amendments are primarily
designed to secure that in the labelling of condensed and dried skimmed milks,
greater prominence shall be given to the words "unfit for babies" and that those
words shall also be printed on the outside of any paper or other wrapper in which
tins of such milk may be enclosed. In order to give time for the disposal of existing
stock, the operation of the amended regulations was deferred until the 1st
September, 1928.
Margarine.
The registration of wholesale margarine dealers is required by Section 9 of
the Margarine Act, 1887, as extended by Section 7 of the Sale of Food and Drugs
Act, 1899. Under this Section every wholesale dealer in margarine is required to
keep a register showing the quantity and destination of each consignment and the
register is open to inspection by any officer of the Board of Agriculture.
The Local Authority has no power to refuse registration or to set up any
standard of requirements before effecting such registration.
There are five registered dealers in the Borough.
Bakehouses.
At the end of the year 1927 there were 24 bakehouses in the Borough of which
19 were factory bakehouses. Although these are described as " factories" they are not
large and only supply local needs ; a number were formerly workshops and arc now
classified as "factories" owing to the installation of machinery.
During the year, in addition to my inspections, there were 53 inspections of
bakehouses.
Sale oj Fish.
During the past year special detailed inspections were made of all the fish
shops and fish stalls in the Borough. There were 10 fish shops of which five were
in the Central Fish Market (a part of the Smithfield Central Markets, Farringdon
Road, the fish being sold by retail). Both wet and fried fish were found to be sold
at all the shops; at five, shell fish was also sold. In one instance only, a small
quantity of fish was smoked on the premises.
In four shops the fish was displayed for sale on slabs extending beyond thebuilding
line. In three of these the fish was protected by shop blinds and side
screens; in the other the projection beyond the shop front was only a few inches.
The surfaces of the slabs on which the fish was displayed were of marble or
marble and slate in six cases, marble and wood in two, slate in one and wood in
one. Newspaper was used on two slabs and white paper on one under dried fish.
All the surfaces were found to be properly drained and in a satisfactory condition;
no contamination of (he fish by flies or dust was observed.