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SECTION E
SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(In conjunction with Mr. W.C. Bartlett, Chief Public Health Inspector)
No major legislation was made during the year. Certain Regulations were made, however,
including:-
The Labelling of Pood (Amendment) Regulations,1961
The Lead in Pood Regulations,1961.
The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Pood, jointly
issued Food Hygiene Codes of Practice No.5, which deals with Poultry Dressing and Packing.
The Council appointed Councillor L. Ross as delegate to attend a meeting of the Association
of Public Health Inspectors when a discussion entitled "Present Day Food" was
held.
Approval was given for three Inspectors to attend a Refresher Course in meat inspection
given by the Food Commodities Department of the College for the Distributive Trades. The
course was held during the evenings and consisted of 18 lecture-demonstrations.
A number of night inspections were carried out by certain Inspectors concerned with
the supervision of refreshment houses, delivery of milk to retailers and the transit of •
meat.
Complaints of alleged unfitness were received in respect of the following:-
Black particles in bread
Bread affected with black mould
Bristle in loaf
Buttered rolls containing margarine
Dirty milk bottles
Discoloured bread
Fly in bread
Foreign substance in loaves
Foreign substance in sausage
Foreign substance in bottle of milk
Foreign matter in orange drink
Foreign body in bottle of vinegar
Glass in milk
Insect in sugar
Insect in wrapped loaf
Larval webbing in bread crumbs
Maggots in bacon
Maggots in chocolate
Metal in tin of peas
Metal chain in bottle of milk
Metal caps in bottle of milk
Metal in bread
Mice droppings in toffee
Mildew in Danish pastry
Moth larvae in shredded wheat
Mould in meat balls
Mould in sausage rolls
Mould in fruit tarts
Mould spores in orange drink
Mould in cake
Mould in Battenburgh cake
Orange drink
Pin in bun
Pork pies
Sheep's head
Stale fried fish
Tainted lemonade
Tin of frankfurters
Tobacco in bread roll
Uncooked dough in cake
At two addresses in the Borough food was seized by the Inspector and a Magistrate's
Order obtained for it to be destroyed as unfit for human consumption.
Details of the prosecutions in respect of certain of the above complaints and action
of the Inspectors appear on pages 55 and 56.
Those responsible for the preparation, storage and sale of food usually maintain a
high standard of hygiene; in fact quite a number carry out much more than may be legally
required. There remains, however, a hard core of those whose premises and personal hygiene
fall very far short of what is desired and much of the Inspector's time is taken up in an
endeavour to secure a reasonable standard. The Inspectors seek by personal talks to the
Management and staff concerned to show what can be done at the respective premises with
oftentimes little outlay and with the materials available. It is not easy to convince some
that the basis of hygienic conditions is often soap and water, and premises which are brought
up to a standard which complies with the Regulations very often are allowed to fall back to