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RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
This Act requires-
(a) the registration of premises where specified filling materials are used and
(b) the annual licensing of premises where rage flock is manufactured or stored.
10 premises were on the Council's register at the end of the year, and one
licence was renewed in respect of storage for the year 1964.
During 1964 the Council's Public Health Inspectors took 7 samples, as follows,
all of which were subjected to the tests prescribed by the Regulations and found
to be satisfactory except for 1 sample of hair having total extracted matter of
1.3 per cent. the permitted maximum being 1.0 per cent.:-
Woollen mixture felt (50%) 1
Rag flock - loose 1
Hair 2
Algerian fibre 2
Coir fibre 1
SECTION 6
Inspection and Supervision of Pood
Particulars of the inspections carried out by the Council's Food Inspectors
during 1964 are given in the following table:-
Number of visits to -
Milk distributors 737
Ice-cream premises 255
Butchers' shops 978
Prepared meat premises 195
Fishmongers' shops 209
Fried fish shops 224
Fish curers' premises 39
Other premises where food and drugs are sold 1,537
Catering establishments 765
Market streets and places 445
Railway goods yards, warehouses 175
Office, Shops and Railway Premises Act,1963 84
Reinspection after Intimation Notices 128
Attendance at Magistrate's Court 19
Other visits 788
Total 6,578*
• These visits do not include visits made for the purpose of taking samples.
Notices served 246
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