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Number of notices to repair or renew defective sanitary fitments 22
Number of notices to prevent contamination of food Nil
Number of notices to provide soap, nail brushes and towels 4
Number of notices to provide suitable and sufficient lighting 4
Number of notices to stop and prevent smoking 5
Number of notices to provide first aid equipment 1
On occasions the inspecting officers gave verbal notices to
remedy minor defects where it was not considered necessary to
serve written notices.
Food and Drugs Sampling
Regular sampling indicated the standard of foodstuffs has
been maintained at a high level. Samples totalled 224 of which
66 were formal and 159 informal.
Some unusual commodities were sampled including tinned
chocolate covered ants and fried grasshoppers. These are of
foreign manufacture and stocked in small quantities by one
retailer. The Public Analyst's results were satisfactory.
A series of samples was purchased during an investigation
of a complaint concerning verbal advertisement by a fishmonger
that his potato chips were starch reduced during cooking. The
results showed this to be untrue and a verbal warning was given
to the fishmonger who has now ceased the practice.