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36 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1960
On 1st October, 1960, new regulations came into operation which
supersede the Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations,
1949-1954, and the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurized and
Sterilized Milk) Regulations, 1949-1953. They are known as The
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1960, but as renewals of
licences are made in the first month of the year, the alterations contained
in the new regulations do not actually take effect until January,
1961.
Under the new regulations dealers' licences will permit sales outside
as well as inside the area of the licensing authority and supplementary
licences are to be discontinued.
A dealer's (prepacked milk) licence will permit the sale of all three
kinds of specially designated milk where milk is obtained by the
dealer in the container in which it is to be supplied to the consumer
or is pasteurized or sterilized by the dealer.
Period of licence is extended from one to five years for licences
renewed on 1st January, 1961.
Meat
There are 215 butchers' shops in the Borough. The majority are
registered under Section 16 (l)(b) of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955,
for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted, preserved,
pickled or pressed foods. There were 867 visits made to these shops
during the year.
Slaughter of Animals
There are no private slaughterhouses in the Borough.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933-1954
Section 3 of this Act provides that no animal shall be slaughtered
or stunned 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 no applications from persons desirous of acting
as slaughtermen were received by the Council.
Unsound Food
Fifty-nine varieties of foodstuff 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.