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The catering contractors of the canteen concerned took steps to
ensure that the requirements of the Regulations would be rigorously
observed in the future.
(b) Unfit and Unsound Food. The list in Table 10 sets out
details of the fourteen occasions when a complaint was made by a
number of the public concerning food which was either unsound or
which contained foreign matter. In twelve instances the Council
Issued a warning to the persons concerned that a repetition of the
occurrence would lead to legal proceedings being taken. The other
cases were the subject of prosecution and convictions were
obtained in each case.
(c) Ice Cream. Tables 12, 13 and 14 give details of the
Itemises registered for the sale or manufacture of ice cream and
the results of bacteriological and chemical analysis of samples.
As a result of the number of samples classified in provisional
Bade 4 after bacteriological examination, the Public Health Committee
received at its February meeting a special report on the subject.
It was pointed out that whilst a manufacturer can be prosecuted
selling ice cream which does not conform to the standards laid
down regarding fat and milk solids content, there is no legal standard
for the bacteriological purity of ice cream and therefore no penalty
for the sale of a product which is unsatisfactory bacteriologically.
In many cases the ice cream sampled was made outside the
borough and representations could only be made to the Authority
it hose area the ice cream was manufactured.
In the case of soft ice cream sold from a van it may be that an
dverse bacteriological report is due to inadequate cleansing of the
but is cannot be checked at the time because it is
possible to examine soft ice cream machines without dismantling
On the Committee's instructions letters were sent to the
inster of Health and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and
requesting that consideration be given to the following:-
(i) The registration of itinerant ice cream vendors
and vehicles;
(ii) The application of sanctions (e.g. withdrawal of
registration) against vendors where ice cream
repeatedly falls below the bacteriological
standard set.
(d) Milk Supplies. Table No. 17 gives details of the samples of
milk submitted for bacteriological examination and the results. It is
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