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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
The milk supply of the district is good, the milk premises clean and
under constant supervision, and the retailing is largely in the hands of
leading firms of good reputation. There are no cowsheds in the Borough
and all milk is imported from country districts.
Meat inspection in the district includes a very large quantity of
imported frozen and chilled meats, which are dealt with at the wharves
and storages. Very little slaughtering is done in the district, and then
only for sale on the premises of the slaughterer, so it has not been
necessary to institute any system of meat marking.
Arrangements have been made by which notice is given when
animals are to be slaughtered, in those cases where the slaughtering is
not done on an appointed day.
Condemned meat is treated with carbolic or other chemicals in such
a way as to make it unsaleable for food, and is either destroyed under
supervision at the refuse depot or released after similar treatment under
strict guarantee for soap making or other manufacturing purposes.
An additional Inspector was appointed in 1925 to assist the Food
Inspector whose work at the wharves and storages had outgrown the
capacity of one man, and also to carry out the necessary duties under
the Public Health Meat .Regulations 1924, in regard to shops, stores,
stalls and vehicles.
Notices were issued to all butchers and stall holders intimating the
minimum requirements that they would be expected to fulfil, together
with a copy of the Regulations. The following were considered the
necessary precautions and they have been universally carried out.
The Meat Regulations are devised with the object of protecting food
from contamination from dust aud dirt and keeping the shop, stalls and
utensils in a clean and wholesome condition.
The following points are suggested as being necessary to attain that
end as far as exposure on the highway is concerned with as little