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29. FOOD HYGIENE AND FOOD AND DRUGS ADMINISTRATION
Clean Food Scheme
The Council's Clean Food campaign was continued during the year, 36 lectures
being given to a total of 711 food handlers, and certificates of attendance awarded to
those who completed the courses. In addition, 11 lectures were given by public health
inspectors to 242 members of women's organisations, and 18 lectures to 720 school
children approaching school leaving age in the secondary schools.
28 Food Hygiene certificates were awarded to school meals canteens and other
food premises, 2 being new, and 26 renewed for a further year. 30 Food Hygiene
Certificates were not renewed as repairs had not been carried out and staff had not
attended lectures (15 of these were school kitchens and 15 private food traders).
Seven filmstrips were sold to other local authorities.
Inspection of Food Premises
A total of 4,016 visits was made to 2,228 premises in the borough, and 1,124
improvements effected as a result of these visits.
Two prosecutions for flagrant contravention of the Food Hygiene (General)
Regulations, 1960, were taken during the year. In the first case the proprietor of a
greengrocer's shop was convicted on 11 summonses and was fined £33 and costs of
£15. 15s. were awarded to the Council. In the second case a cafe proprietor was
summonsed on 24 counts of which 3 were withdrawn. On the remaining 21 counts he
was convicted and fined £210 with £22. 1s. costs to the Council and the magistrates
ordered the cafe to be closed for 28 days unless the public health inspector agreed
to its re-opening during that period.
Table 14 gives details of the number of food premises in the borough according
to particular category of use.
The Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls & Delivery Vehicles) Regulations, 1966
These new Regulations came into operation on 1st January, 1967, and lay down
detailed requirements as to food hygiene in respect of the handling of and trading in
food which is carried on in markets or away from fixed food premises. The principal
changes from the requirements of the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960, as
now applied to such trading are:-
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