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The new Act has introduced a number of changes in administration.
Most of these are minor changes designed to bring the law
dealing with the adulteration of food and standards of hygiene
in food handling into line with present day requirements-
The Pood Hygiene Regulations have brought about a major
change in the standards of cleanliness necessary in the sale,
storage display and preparation of food-
They not only impose standards of hygiene for food premises
but they also require that persons handling food shall maintain
standards of personal cleanliness. An outstanding example is
the prohibition on the use of tobacco by persons handling food.
This new legislation has entailed detailed inspections being
made of food shops, food factories and other places and the
work is being done by the existing staff of inspectors. It is
not possible at this stage to say when it will be completed but
good progress is being made.