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4. Power of sanitary authority to refuse registration to premises not
suitable and to revoke registration in similar circumstances.
5. Procedure for allowing appeal by anyone aggrieved.
6. The word "preserved," as far as meat or fish is concerned, includes
cooking.
7. Clubs, hotels and restaurants are exempt from the above provisions.
8. Theatres, music halls and cinemas are registrable only if ice cream
is manufactured on the premises. This proviso also applies to the Royal
Albert Hall.
9. The County Council may make bye-laws for promoting sanitary
and cleanly conditions in the manufacture, preparation, storage, transport
or exposure for sale of any article intended to be sold for food.
This is probably the most important and far reaching of these food
provisions. The bye-laws when made may be subject to certain modifications,
limitations or exceptions. If, however, they set up certain definite
standards in general cleanliness in the food industry as regards premises,
persons, apparatus, and materials they will have achieved an advance
for which those who have the interests of the public health at heart have
been striving for many years.
10. Cases of food poisoning or suspected cases are notifiable just like
those of certain infectious diseases.
The object of this provision is to ensure early information of such
cases reaching the medical officers of health so that investigations may
be begun and communication established with other districts should
evidence warrant it.
11. Food intended for human consumption and given as a prize at
any public entertainment or similar gathering or given away for adver.
tising purposes shall be subject to the existing law relating to unsound
food. Formerly only food exposed for sale or in preparation or deposited
for sale, etc., could be dealt with.
There are other provisions relating to definitions, powers of entry,
applications of existing statutes, etc.
Since the Act came into force the City Council has taken every possible
means to bring its provisions to the notice of those in the trades concerned
by posters, advertisement and handbills distributed by the food inspectors.
By the end of the year only some 40 applications for registration had been
received. In 14 cases alterations to premises and in methods were required