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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnet 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]
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Ice Cream
The following table shows the number of samples submitted for bacteriological examination and the results:—
| TYPE | GRADING | TOTALS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Hard Ice Cream | Premises | Prepacked | 21 | 3 | - | - | 24 |
| Loose | 132 | 39 | 49 | 31 | 251 | ||
| Vans | Loose | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Soft Ice Cream | Premises | 17 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 40 | |
| Vans | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Lollies | Premises | 6 | |||||
Pre-packed ice cream was of good quality and bacteriological cleanliness. Continuous
attention is necessary to ensure that ice cream dispensed from cans or from extrusion units
is not exposed to risk of contamination.
Liquid Egg
This is an important product in the baking and confectionery industry, and since the
introduction of Regulations in 1964 requiring it to be Pasteurised is uniformally of good
quality. Thirty-seven samples were examined and all were found to be satisfactory.
Milk-Registration, Licensing and Sampling
One hundred and seventy-nine premises were registered for the sale of milk and the
following licences for the sale of graded milks were issued:—
"Untreated" milk 48
"Pasteurised" milk 153
"Sterilised" milk 15
"Ultra-Heat Treated" 74
There are 10 producers of milk in the Borough. Two are in closed communities which
use the milk untreated.
Thirty-five samples of untreated milk were submitted for bacteriological examination.
Four were not satisfactory and particulars were notified to the Advisory Officer of the
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food.
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