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CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS
There are 380 catering establishments in the Borough.
These include riverside snack bars, cafes, coffee stalls, mobile
snack bars, public house restaurants, and industrial canteens,
all of which have received systematic inspection during the
past year.
Notices were served and a considerable amount of work has
been carried out. As a result, there has been a marked improvement
in the general condition of premises, and a reasonably
high standard is being maintained.
Close contact has been kept with the Local Food Office in
regard to the proposed new premises and traders, to ensure
that all premises comply with Public Health requirements
before the issue of food licences.
BAKEHOUSES
At the end of the year there were 34 Bakehouses in use in
Southwark, of which 10 were underground.
During the year Basement Bakehouses at 70 Darwin Street,
101 Great Dover Street, 2 Stoney Street, 388 Walworth Road
were closed by the occupiers.
118 visits were made by the Inspector.
MEAT AND FISH PRODUCTS
During the year certain amendments were introduced to the
Meat Products and Canned Meat (Control and Maximum
Prices) Order 1948.
In the first of these, Milk Powder used in the manufacture
of pork and beef sausages etc., is deemed to be equivalent to
five-thirds of its own weight in meat if the quantity of powder
does not exceed 6 per cent, of the total weight of the product;
fat of vegetable origin used in beef sausages etc., is deemed to
be meat for the purpose of assessing meat content, if the total
quantity oT such fat does not exceed 25 per cent of the prescribed
minimum meat content of the product. The Ministry
point out that the amendment may be of significance when
authorities are considering evidence in connection with alleged
offences against the Food and Drugs Acts and the Defence (Sale
of Food) Regulations.
The Public Health Committee expressed the view that the use
of milk powder in the manufacture of pork and beef sausages
and similar products, and the use of vegetable fats in beef
sausages etc., in substitution for meat, was to be deprecated,