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7. Food Premises.
Number of premises on the Register at the end of the year:—
(a) Margarine, Margarine-Cheese, Butter and Milk Blended
Butter:
Wholesale Dealers in Margarine 15
Butter Factories 2
(b) Preparation or manufacture of sausages or
potted, pressed, pickled, or preserved food 42
8. Slaughterhouses.
None of the three licensed slaughterhouses in the Borough were
in use during the year.
9. Food Poisoning.
Five cases of food poisoning were notified during the year.
Investigations failed to establish a specific cause in any of these
cases.
10. Food Hygiene.
Attention remains focussed on the need for cleanliness in the
storage and preparation of food. A demand for the highest standards
of food hygiene continues. The food trade is obviously
conscious of this demand and is making praiseworthy efforts to meet
it.
During the year the Council's Officers made 1,953 visits to food
premises offering advice and encouragement, and where necessary
taking appropriate action to enforce the maintenance of the standards
required. These visits have resulted in many improvements being
made, both with regard to premises and equipment.
Considerable progress has been made in connection with postwar
reconstruction of the larger food factories in the Borough.
Organisations concerned with these schemes are making full use of
the opportunity presented by rebuilding operations, not only to effect
improvements in the design and sanitation of buildings, but also to
introduce modern methods of production calculated to place the
article manufactured entirely beyond any doubt as to its hygienic
condition.
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