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These foodstuffs were delivered to, or collected by, the Council's
Cleansing Department at whose riverside depot it was mixed with household
refuse, under supervision, and removed by barge to a controlled tipping site
in Essex.
Condemnation certificates numbering 690 were issued in respect of unsound
food in 1971.
Unsound Food etc. - Complaints
Complaints made by members of the public as to the alleged unsound
condition etc. of foods, and which were investigated during the year, numbered
24.
The complaints referred to -
Alleged unsound condition:
Apple turnover 1, bread 6, cake 1, chicken and chips 1, cream 1, ham 1,
jelly 1, meat pie 1, sardines 2.
Alleged dirty condition and/or foreign body or deposit:
Bread 1, corned beef 1, cornflakes 1, mango chutney 1, milk 3, mincemeat 1,
sausage roll 1.
Ice Cream
There are 4 premises in the borough registered for the manufacture of ice
cream. Inspections were made from time to time under the Ice Cream (Heat Treabnent
etc.) Regulations 1959 and no contraventions were found.
53 samples of ice cream manufactured in the borough and submitted to the
methylene blue reduction test gave the following results:-
Grade No.
I 18
II 6
III 8
IV 21
Of the unsatisfactory samples (grades III and IV), 18 were manufactured
in the borough. In all cases investigations were carried out and recommendations
made. It was found that the unsatisfactory gradings were, in the main, due to
incorrect handling at the point of sale and appropriate action was taken.
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