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Miscellaneous Inspections (continued)
Inspections and revisits under Public Health Acts 365
Other inspections 355
Non-effective visits 2.078
SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Legislation enacted during the year had effect as indicated:
Milk (Special Designation) (Amendment) Regulations, 1965:
This was necessary to give a legal standard to the new long keeping milk officially
designated as Ultra Heat Treated Milk (UHT).
Meat Inspection (Amendment)' Regulations, 1965: These extended for a year the
provision in the previous regulations which permitted the removal of uninspected meat
from a slaughterhouse.
Dried Milk Regulations, 1965: These specify principally the composition of
dried milk products.
The Cheese Regulations, 1965: This deals with the composition and labelling of
specified cheeses. The date of operation is 1st February, 1967.
Eggs (Marketing and Storage) Regulations, 1965: The storage of eggs in cold
store and by other chemical methods and the marking of such eggs is controlled by
these regulations.
The Milk & Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959: Approved Chemical Agents:
Circulars giving particulars of these approved chemical agents were published during
the year.
Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1937 and 1948: Several circulars
were received giving particulars of official certificates from many exporting countries
throughout the world.
Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960
Owing to shortage of staff it was not possible for routine inspections of food
premises to be carried out.
The education in food hygiene of the many nationalities who operate these
businesses can only be by continual contact and regular inspections of the premises.
In spite of staff difficulties, an attempt was made to deal with this problem and
such work invariably resulted in an improved standard.
An endeavour was made to require all newly established food businesses to comply
with the Food Hygiene Regulations before they commenced operation. Experience showed
that having attained this objective subsequent supervision was easier because the basic
requirements of the regulations had been complied with.
Licensing or registration, which would require notice to be given before a person
opens a food establishment, would considerably speed the work of the inspectors in
this section.
Food Factories
These were inspected regularly during the year and the requirements of the Pood
Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960, were enforced where found necessary.
During the transition period consequent upon the merger of the two Boroughs, the
need to co-ordinate the respective systems and the fact that the inspectorate was
under establishment made it impossible to carry out some of the duties devolving upon
this sectionJ It is anticipated that, provided there is no reduction in the number
of inspectors engaged in this work, the position may improve during the coming year.
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