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REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF ICE CREAMS, &c.
The foregoing investigation clearly showed that the methods adopted in
the process of manufacture were of marked importance. It therefore
became necessary to instruct those engaged in the trade as to the best means
of conducting their business so as to prevent ice creams from becoming a
vehicle for the dissemination of disease.
With this view a code of Regulations, drafted by your Medical Officer of
Health, was approved by the Corporation, and steps will be taken to ensure
that the same are strictly enforced in the future in all places where ice creams
or other similar commodities are prepared in the City.
The following is a copy of these Regulations: —
Corporation of London.
Regulations to be observed by persons being Manufacturers of, or
Merchants, or Dealers in Ice Creams, or other similar commodity in the
City of London, approved by the Corporation on the 26th day of
November, 1902.
1. No such commodity must be manufactured, sold or stored in insanitary
premises, nor in any cellar, shed, or room in which there is any
inlet or opening to a drain, or which is used as a living or sleeping
room.
2. Such premises must at all times be kept in a thoroughly clean and
sanitary condition.
3. All materials must be of a sound and wholesome description.
4. All utensils used in the preparation of ice cream, &c., should be
thoroughly cleansed and scalded with boiling water before use.
5. Such utensils should not be used for. any other purpose than for
making ice creams, &c.
6. When in the process of manufacture materials are boiled, freezing
must take place immediately afterwards.
7. Such materials, after manufacture, should be kept in clean vessels,
covered, and placed in cool, well-ventilated rooms.
8. No ice cream or other similar commodity should be kept for a longer
period than 48 hours after manufacture, if remaining then unsold
it must be destroyed.
9. If any case of infectious disease occur amongst the persons employed
in the business, or living, or working in, on, or about the premises,
in or on any part of which any such commodity is manufactured,
sold or stored, notice shall be forthwith given to the Medical Officer
of Health, Public Health Department, Guildhall, E.C.
Any infringement of the above Regulations will be dealt with as the
Law directs.
Guildhall, E.C., 26th November, 1902.