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Royal Sanitary Institute and is worthy of the attention of the
general public. There is no need to enter into a discussion of the
defects in the handling of all kinds of food which are therein
indicated but it may be advisable to point out that the public,
apart from legislation, could effect an enormous improvement.
A purchaser can by verbal protest, and accompanied by a refusal to
purchase articles which are improperly handled or are exposed to
contamination, impress upon the trader the need for care in handling
and for the protection of all articles of food. For example, if there
was an insistent demand for paper-wrapped bread, it would be
supplied generally ; if the protection of provisions, confectionery,
sweets and other articles of food were consistently demanded by the
public it would be forthcoming without legislation ; the exposure
of fruit, sweets, fish, etc., to dust and flies at open windows or in
open barrows or stalls would cease if the public looked askance at
the improper exposure of such articles. The public should make
up their minds to deal with traders who consider the interests of
the public by exercising care and cleanliness in the handling and by
preventing the exposure to contamination of all articles which are
used as human food.