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Meat and Other Foods.
Five private slaughterhouses continued to be licensed, but owing to the control
of meat supplies by the Ministry of Food no slaughtering of animals was carried out
in these slaughterhouses.
175 inspections were carried out at the Caledonian Market (a Ministry of Food
Depot), for the purpose of inspecting imported and other meat.
One slaughterhouse for horses was licenced.
Slaughtermen's Licences—23 licences are current, including 4 new licences which
were authorised during the year.
Visits and Inspections—During the year 910 visits were paid to various food
shops, markets, stalls, etc.
Byelaws for the Protection of Food—Byelaws for this purpose were made under
the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, and came into force during 1937. No prosecutions
have taken place during the period under review.
Registered Artificial Cream Premises.
(At present dealing in Synthetic Cream)
Visits—1.
Ice Cream.
The Administration of the Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, etc.) Regulations, 1947
increased the work of the Department considerably, particularly in view of the large
increase in the number of persons dealing in this commodity.
Visits to Ice Cream premises—327.
Ice Cream (Heat Treatment) Regulations, 1947.
The Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, etc.) Regulations, 1947 came into force on the
1st May 1947, although the enforcement of certain requirements relating to recording
thermometers will come into force on a date to be appointed by the Minister
of Health.
The Ministry of Health recommended the testing of ice cream by the methylene
blue test and arrangements were made to carry out these tests by the Royal Institute
of Public Health on behalf of the Department.