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SECTION G
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
The numbers and types of food premises in the area are noted
under Section "F" of the report, as are the numbers of food
premises by type registered under Section 14 of the Food & Drugs
Act, 1938 and the number of dairies registered under the Milk &
Dairies Regulations, 1949.
Inspections of registered food premises are carried out from
time to time and further action taken as necessary to ensure the
premises and method of production being maintained at a satisfactory
standard.
Members of the Sanitary Inspectors staff from time to time
give lectures with film strip displays to stimulate and maintain
interest in food hygiene and the general work of the Public Health
Department.
DISPOSAL OF CONDEMNED FOOD
There have been no changes in the methods of disposing of
condemned and surrendered food noted in the report.
At the large slaughterhouse and bacon factory in the Borough
all diseased or unfit carcases, parts of carcases and offal are destroyed
under the supervision of the Council's Meat Inspectors in a
special plant producing inedible material—bone meal, fertilizer,
etc. The rest of the surrendered diseased and unsound food
material is disposed of either for animal feeding purposes or by
burning in a destructor as appropriate.
FOOD INSPECTION
Reference to special examinations of consignments of food
follow in this section of the report and while details of the quantity
condemned are noted, it is not practicable to collate total quantities.
The amount of food-stuffs surrendered owing to deterioration
or damage is largely related to the extensive work of food manufacture
and distribution in the Borough.
Much inferior food material is received into the Borough for
manufacturing purposes on licence by Port Health Authorities and
subject to control by this Local Authority, and the Sanitary