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have not been put to other use.
No applications were received during 1946 for the renewal of
licences in respect of these premises, owing to the centralisation
of slaughtering by the Ministry of Food.
FOOD PREMISES.
1,392 visits were made to food premises by the Sanitary Inspectors,
and 91 premises registered under Section 14 of the Food
and Drugs Act 1938 were kept under observation.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
103 formal and 107 informal samples of food and drugs were
submitted for analysis. 1 informal sample of curry powder was
found to contain 40 parts per million of lead and lead compounds.
A formal sample was taken and this proved to be genuine.
In addition, 67 samples of milk and 8 samples of ice cream were
taken for bacteriological examination.
UNSOUND FOOD.
The following quantities of foodstuffs were surrendered during
the year and destroyed as unfit for human consumption:-
168 lbs. Biscuits; 16 lbs. Cake; 33½ lbs. Cheese; 13 lbs. Chocolate;
35 lbs. Cocoa; 7 pkts. Dried Egg; 791 lbs. 331 large
tins, 298 small tins Pish; 9 lbs. Flour; 25 lbs. 588 large tins
Fruit; 5 tins Goulash; 3 tins Macaroni; 34 lbs. Margarine;
2954 lbs. 44 large tins, 206 small tins Meat; 22 large tins
Meat Extract; 239 small tins Meat Preparations; 99 large tins
Milk (Full Cream); 1189 large tins, 3 small tins Milk (Evaporated);
142 large tins Milk (Machine Skimmed); 1 Partridge;
1 jar Piccalilli; 21 large tins, 2 small tins, 12 large jars,
4 small jars Preserves; 48 x 25 lb. boxes Prunes; 1 tin Pudding
(Marmalade); 66 pkts. Pudding Mixture; 1 pkt. Rusks; ¾ barrel
Salt Herrings; 64 large tins, 11 small tins Soup; 22 lbs. Sugar
282 large tins, 61 small tins, Vegetables; 6 Wild Pigeons.