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SECTION 6.
Inspection and Supervision of Food.
General.
All premises where food is prepared, stored or exposed for sale for human consumption
are inspected, and the following is a record of the inspections made during
1949: —
Dairies and milk shops 64
Ice cream, sale or storage 127
Ice cream, manufacture 107
Restaurants and kitchens 1,189
Bakehouses 60
Butchers' shops 190
Fish shops 47
Fried fish shops 80
Other food shops 417
Market streets 154
Licensed premises 87
Re-inspections 707
Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
Notices.
During 1949. 46 notices were served on owners or occupiers of food premises,
drawing attention to the lack of precautions against the contamination of food Details
of the premises are as follows: —
Bakehouses 3
Dairies 1
Food shops 1
Hotels 2
Licensed premises 10
Restaurants 27
Snack bars 1
Staff canteens 1
The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year as a result
of Notices served under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, in respect of food premises:—
Siting of sanitary convenience or dustbin improved 3
Walls, ceilings, floors, windows or doors of food room repaired 53
Walls, ceilings or doors of food room cleansed 56
Suitable and sufficient means of ventilation provided and maintained 30
Suitable and sufficient means of lighting provided and maintained 5
Precautions taken to ensure that cleanliness was observed by persons
employed in regard to food room, articles, apparatus and utensils 8