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BUTCHERS SHOPS - MEAT SUPPLIES
There are 46 butchers shops in the Borough. Each is
provided with modern refrigerators, adequate sinks and washhand
basins with constant hot and cold water supplies.
Of these shops, 16 are also fitted with modern refrigerated
window stalls and display cabinets.
Each of these butchers shops has a properly constructed
glazed front thus preventing contamination of the meat
deposited for sale to the public from dust and dirt from the
streets and surroundings.
There are no slaughterhouses in the Borough. Meat
supplies generally are obtained from Smithfield Market, and
are of high standard.
Two meat retailers in the district have animals
slaughtered at their own slaughterhouses outside the area.
MANUFACTURE OF SAUSAGES
At the present time there are 35 premises registered for
the manufacture of sausages. One of these establishments
is a central factory for several butchers shops under the
same control. Another factory produces sausages and other
cooked foods for the wholesale trade and distributes over a
wide area of London and the County of Essex.
The remaining 33 premises are butchers shops where
the sausages are made and sold in conjunction with their
trade.
Routine regular sampling for chemical analysis has been
maintained and it is noteworthy to record that although there
still remains an absence of official standard for meat content
sausages, on no occasion has there been a sample
reported below 50% for Beef Sausages and 65% for Pork
sausages.
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