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Food and Food Premises 29
A person who holds a "Tuberculin Tested" licence and a
"Pasteurised" or "Sterilised" licence may use the designations
"Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised)" or "Tuberculin Tested (Sterilised)"
as the case may be.
Five hundred samples of milk were procured from distributors,
schools, hospitals and institutions and were submitted to the phosphatase
test, the methylene blue test and the turbidity test.
Thirteen of these failed to comply with the prescribed tests.
In addition 15 samples of milk were examined for the presence
of tubercle bacilli. In each case negative results were obtained.
MEAT
There are 214 butchers' shops in the Borough. The majority
are registered under Section 14 (1) (b) of the Food and Drugs Act,
1938, for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted,
preserved, pickled or pressed foods. 2,942 visits were made to these
shops during the year.
Slaughter of Animals
There are three private slaughter-houses in the Borough and
they were visited on 38 occasions during the year.
Eleven carcases of pigs were inspected before and after
slaughter.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933
Section 3 of this Act provides that no animal shall be
slaughtered or shinned in a slaughterhouse or knacker's yard by
any person who is not the holder of a licence granted by a local
authority and in force under this section.
During the year one application from a person desirous of
acting as a slaughterman was submitted to the Council and granted.
War Time Piggeries
There are now 12 war time piggeries in this Borough and they
were inspected on 65 occasions.
UNSOUND FOOD
107 varieties of foodstuffs suspected to be unsound were examined
at the request of the owners and afterwards either destroyed
or released for animal feeding. The owners were granted a certificate
to this effect.