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During the period a notification of a minor accident was received in respect
of a female shop assistant.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
The numbers and types of food premises In the borough are as follows:-
4 Bakehouses
27 Bakers and confectioners
55 Butchers
203 cafes and canteens
27 Fishmongers
57 Fruiterers and Greengrocers
95 Grocers
22 Licensed and 18 off-licensed premises
89 Sweets, etc#
All food premises are regularly Inspected, and during the year 2,124 visits
were paid. In addition to numerous verbal warnings and suggestions to management
and staff during these routine visits, 73 informal notices were served upon
owners and occupiers.
Thirty-nine inspections were carried out In connection with itinerant
vendors and stalls.
The position under the Food and Drugs Act, apart from registrations in
respect of ice cream, is as follows:-
36 butchers premises and 6 other food premises are registered
for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted,
pressed, pickled or preserved food. To these registered
premises 369 visits were paid.
21 fish shops are registered for frying. To these 112 visits
were paid.
Milk
All milk distributed in Dagenham is produced and bottled outside the
borough. Eight premises are registered as dairies. The number of registered
distributors is 55 operating from 94 premises. There are four milk vending
machines on shop forecourts. Fifty-one visits were paid to dairies and
distributors premises.
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