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REGISTRATION OF HAWKERS OF FOOD
AND THEIR STORAGE PREMISES
During the year 2 new registrations were effected under Section 11
of the Middlesex County Council Act, 1950, and at the end of the year
there was in the Borough 1 registered storage premises used by a
hawker from another Borough and 27 registered hawkers who are at
present selling the following foods:—
Confectionery 1
Eggs 1
Fish 1
Fruit and vegetables 21
Groceries 1
Ice Cream 1
Winkles and shrimps 1
MILK SUPPLY
Milk distributors are registered by the Council under Part III of
the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949. The First Schedule to the
Food and Drugs (Milk, Dairies and Artificial Cream) Act, 1950,
gives the local authority power to refuse or cancel the registration of
milk distributors if it appears that the public health is, or is likely to
be, endangered by any act or default of the distributor in relation to
the quality, storage or distribution of the milk. This has now been
re-enacted in the Second Schedule to the Food and Drugs Act, 1955.
The effect of this provision is to give the Council a measure of
control over the condition of the premises used by the distributor,
since any defects in the storage or distribution arrangements would
lead to refusal or cancellation of the licence.
Five new registrations were effected during the year.
Licences for the sale of special designated milk were granted as
follows:—
New Licences
Dealers' Supplementary
Pasteurised 2
Tuberculin Tested 1 Nil.
Sterlised 4
Rewewals
Dealers' Supplementary
27 10
24 10
43 11
Sixty-seven samples of milk were taken in course of delivery or
from shops and submitted for bacteriological examination. All proved
to be satisfactory.
ICE CREAM
There is only one manufacturer of ice cream in this borough and
most traders sell only pre-packed ice cream.
Eighteen samples of ice cream were taken for bacteriological examination
with the following results:—
Grade 1
13
Grade 2
4
Grade 3
1
Grade 4
-
Three samples taken subsequently from the same source as the
Grade 3 sample all proved to be Grade 1.
DRIED EGG ALBUMEN
Some concern was caused during the latter part of the year by the
discovery of food poisoning organisms in dehydrated egg albumen
imported from China.
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