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There have been few applicants so far, mainly because the
statutory obligations defined in section 13, Food and Drugs Act,
1938, only came into force on the 1st October, 1939, after the
outbreak of war so that there was little time for tradesmen to digest
and appreciate the effect of the section, while it has been out of the
question during and since the war to make the alterations. Improvements
are expensive, labour materials and licences difficult to
obtain, so that it is readily understandable how few businesses
are, in fact, ready for an application to be made.
Conditions are everywhere steadily improving, but there is still
much to be done. The general public can help by insisting upon a
high standard of cleanliness, and employers and employees can do
their part, even with unsatisfactory conditions and surroundings,
by taking a greater pride in always being scrupulously clean.

2. Inspection of Food.
(a) At the slaughterhouse.
154 pigs.
(b) At shops, stores and factories.
Large quantities of food of all varieties.
As a result of these inspections the following amounts of
food were surrendered as unfit for human consumption and
unsound food certificates were issued.
(i) At the slaughterhouse.
Tons cwts. qrs. lb.
Pig carcases and organs — 1 2 27
(ii) At shops, stores and factories.
Fresh meat, fish, poultry, vegetables,
prepared and canned foods 42 9 — —
Wedding cake weighing 7f lb. unfit for human consumption was
seized and taken before a justice, who made an order for condemnation
and destruction.
In appropriate cases the unsound food was disposed of for animal
feeding either through the Salvage Division of the Ministry of Food
or this Council's Salvage Scheme, including the Zoological Gardens.