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FOOD COMPLAINTS (Continued)
54. Soup, canned Contained stone
55. Milk Bottle Dirty
56. Bread Contained streaks of dirt
57. Milk Contained fungus and black specks
58. Bread Contained cigarette end
59. Mincemeat Mouldy
60. Mincemeat Mouldy
61. Bottle of
Lemonade Foreign taste
62. Milk Contained glass
63. Doughnut Contained small piece of hair
64. Dried Fruit Contained caterpillar
65. Meat Pie Mouldy
66 Bacon Contained glass
All complaints were investigated and careful consideration
was given to the action which should be taken. As a result one
prosecution was instituted in the undermentioned case with the
result shown :-
16. Sausage Roll - Mouldy Pined £5 Costs £1.
In all other cases the majority of which were first complaints,
the attention of the persons responsible was called to the
nature of the complaint and to their liabilities.
In most cases where foreign bodies were found in food there
is little doubt that they were introduced at some stage during
its processing rather than during its distribution. Many of these
foods were prepared outside the Borough, and a few overseas. In
such cases the Medical Of ficer of Health of the district concerned
or, where appropriate, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food, was informed.
Street Markets
Markets are held in The Cut, Lower Marsh, Lambeth Walk and
Wilcox Road in the Inner Wards, and in Popes Road, Electric Avenue
and Brixton Station Road. All these are inspected regularly.
Slaughter of Animals Act
No application was made during the year for the issue of a
licence under the provisions of this Act.