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One sample only of T.T. Raw Milk failed the Methylene Blue
Test.
The results of the phosphatase test reflect the efficiency of
modern pasteurisation.
Three samples of raw milk were submitted to biological
examination for the presence or otherwise of Tubercle Bacilli or
Brucella Abortus with satisfactory results.
A total of 70 washed bottles was submitted for bacteriological
examination with satisfactory results.
Ice Cream The Ice Cream (Heat Treatment etc.) Regulations, 1959
One hundred and twenty-five premises are registered for the
sale of ice cream within the district and although two premises are
also registered for the manufacture of this product, no manufacturing
has been carried out for some years.
A total of 73 samples of ice cream was examined for bacterial
quality by submission to the methylene blue reduction test, and
placed in the following provisional grades :—
Grade I 70
Grade II 1
Grade III 1
Grade IV 1
These results can be considered very satisfactory.
Meat Slaughterhouses Act, 1958
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1958
Public Health (Meat) Regulations 1924-1955
There are now no slaughtering facilities within the area of the
Urban District and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
has accepted the Council's view that there is no future need for
such facilities in the district.
Meat inspection is thus restricted to supplies in retail shops
which are obtained in the main from the Croydon abattoir and
Meat Market and the Smithfield Market.
There are 34 butchers' shops in the District, all registered for
the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted, pressed,
pickled or preserved meat under the provisions of Section 16 of
the Food and Drugs Act, 1955.
Unsound Food
The following is a list of foodstuffs which after inspection
were classified as unfit for human consumption and destroyed at
the Council's refuse destructor at Kenley.
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