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Milk and Dairies (Preservatives) Regulations, 1962
These Regulations, which came into force on the 26th July, 1962,
and applied only to England and Wales, prohibit the addition of any
preservative to milk and the sale of any milk to which such an addition
has been made.
Export Certificates
From time to time requests are received in the Department for
Certificates of Export in respect of foodstuffs which consignors wish to
despatch to places outside the United Kingdom, and for which the
authorities in the recipient country require a certificate stating that the
goods mentioned therein have been examined by the Public Health
Inspector and found to be fit for human consumption.
During 1962, 33 such certificates were issued by the Public Health
Inspectors in respect of foodstuffs which included Pate en Croute, smoked
salmon, scampi, lobster, prawns, escallopes, haddock fillet, plaice, jars
of honey, sirloins of beef, saddles of lamb and grouse.
Provision at Inns, Refreshment Houses, etc., of Sanitary
Conveniences and Washing Facilities
In May, 1958, the City Council supported the promotion of a clause
in a London County Council (General Powers) Bill, similar to Section 89
of the Public Health Act, 1936, to enable metropolitan borough councils
to require owners or occupiers of any refreshment house to provide and
maintain a reasonable number of sanitary conveniences for the use of
persons frequenting such premises.
Subsequently, at the request of several of the constituent councils,
the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint Committee asked the London
County Council to include washing facilities as well as sanitary conveniences.
The London County Council agreed to do so, but during the
passage of the Bill through Parliament the provision regarding washing
facilities was deleted from the clause. The remainder of the clause
dealing with the provision of sanitary conveniences was enacted in
Section 25 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1959.
Under this section a borough council may require the owner or occupier
of any inn, refreshment house, or place of public entertainment (not
coming within certain exempted classes of premises listed below), to provide
and maintain in a suitable position a reasonable number of sanitary
conveniences for use of persons frequenting the premises. If necessary
the Borough Council may, by agreement, execute at the expense of the
owner or occupier, such works as are necessary and recover the costs, in