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Unsound Food
Complaints continue to be received in respect of food containing
foreign substances or otherwise alleged to be unfit for human
consumption.
In two instances (cigarette end in a loaf of bread and foreign
material in a bottle of school milk) legal proceedings were taken
and a fine of £5 was imposed in each case.
The normal method of disposing of unsound food is to use
the incinerator at the Council's Refuse Disposal Works. Occasionally
when there is a quantity of meat, it is disposed of under
supervision through the Council's waste food service; the meat is
previously cut up and dyed.
Registration of Food Hawkers
Essex County Council Act, 1952 — Section 103
During the year five persons were registered as food hawkers
and three premises for food storage.
Food Poisoning Outbreaks
Seventeen cases of food poisoning were notified during the
year. The causative organism was not identified in the two outbreaks,
which consisted of four cases. In the 13 single cases the
causative organism was identified in three cases.
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