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FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES
With the object of ensuring that food businesses are supervised
systematically, a register of all premises where a food business is
carried on has been compiled and is kept up to date. This Register
includes not only those premises which are subject to some form of
legal control, but also all other premises in which a food business of
any description is carried on.
The total number of food premises on the register in the Borough
is 2,668 and during 1962 they were visited on 9,249 occasions. Table I
has been drawn up to show the number of visits to various food
premises in different parts of the Borough.
Supervision of the food supply is carried out by four senior
Inspectors who each procure samples of food and drugs for analysis
by the Public Analyst and the Public Health Laboratory. They also
supervise premises where food is sold, stored, manufactured or prepared
for sale and carry out the duties required under the Pharmacy
and Poisons Act, 1933, and Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941.
District inspectors holding the additional certificate of Inspectors
for Food and Drugs carry out the day.to.day supervision of the
catering establishments in their respective areas.
Food and Drugs Act, 1955, and Food Hygiene (General) Regulations,
1960
Work in connection with food hygiene continued throughout the
year, and as has been generally found to be the case, since the Food
Hygiene Regulations of 1955 came into operation, occupiers of food
premises were co.operative and receptive to suggestions made by the
inspectors for necessary improvements to their premises.
Court summonses were taken out by the Council in the following
instances:
(a) Against five traders for the presence of foreign matter in food.
One case was dismissed; a fine of £15 and costs of £5; a fine of
£10; a fine of £5 and costs of £3 3s. and a fine of £8 and costs
of £6 6s. were awarded by the Court respectively in the other
four cases;
(ft) against a local trader for the presence of mould in food. A fine
of £5 and costs of £3 3s. were awarded;
(c) against a local trader for smoking a cigarette whilst handling
open food. A fine of £5 was awarded;
(d) against a local dairy for the sale of milk in a dirty bottle. A
fine of £3 and costs of £6 6s. were awarded;
(e) against three street traders for not having their names and
addresses displayed on the vehicles; a fine of £1 and costs of
10s. were awarded by the Court in two instances and a fine of
£1 10s. and costs of 10s. in the third case.
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