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SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.
The milk retailed for consumption in the area is all
pasteurised and bottled, with the exception of a small
quantity produced by a producer retailer.
Licences granted by the Council under the Milk
(Special Designations) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949,
and the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and
Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949: —
Dealers' Licences: —
Pasteurised Milk 1G
Tuberculin Tested Milk 15
Sterilised Milk 20
Supplementary Licences: —
Pasteurised Milk 5
Tuberculin Tested Milk 4
Sterilised Milk 3
(b) Meat Inspection.
The slaughterhouses in the area remained closed
during the year.
(c) Adulteration of Food. Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
The following table summerises the 250 samples
taken during the year.
Formal
Informal
Milk
18
1
Soups, Meat Extracts, etc.
1
6
Fish Pastes
—
3
Pudding or Cake Mixture, Flour, etc.
8
8
Jellies, Custard Powders, etc.
4
11
Patent Medicines, etc.
G
11
Beverages
11
1
Sausages, Sausage Meat, etc.
14
—
Fruit, Fruit Juice and Fruit Puree
3
3
Malt and Chocolate Spread
3
3
Cereals
5
2
Sweets
6
4
Cake
7
2
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