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Food work generally
Mr. Thomas, the group food inspector, in commenting on the year's
work, states:—
"The work of re-registration of food premises coming within the
provisions of Section 16 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 was continued
during the year. With regard to ice cream it is gratifying to note
that the results of the bacteriological examination of samples show an
improvement over those of the previous year. Of the samples taken
during 1956 52.5 were Grade I whereas during 1957 the figure rose
to 66.5. The analyses of the samples of ice-cream taken during the
year show that the composition is being maintained at a figure well
above the legal minimum standards. In connection with the sampling
of food generally it will be seen from the results of the analyses that
there was no adulteration, so that in no case was it necessary for a
follow-up formal sample to be taken.
The amount of food condemned as unfit for human consumption
fell during the year. This can be accounted for, to a large extent, by the
growing practice of wholesalers exchanging defective tins, etc. by
arrangement between the shopkeepers and their travellers without the
production of a condemnation certificate.
Summing up one can say that the year shows a continued interest
in the importance of cleanliness in connection with the storage and
sale of food both on the part of the public and the trader, and this
interest shows every indication of being well maintained.