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Throughout the year, routine inspections at regular intervals were made to
manufacturers' premises to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Food
Hygiene and Ice Cream (Heat Treatment) Regulations. Systematic sampling of ice
cream and ice lollies was carried out, details of which are as follows:-
Commodity
Number
of
Samples
Methylene Blue Grade
I II III IV
Not
Graded
Grades
I & II
satisfactory
Grade
III
doubtful
Grade
IV
unsatisfactory
Ice Cream
(local manufacturers)
191 151 19 9 12 — 170 9 12
Ice Cream
(other manufacturers)
63 20 8 10 25 — 28 10 25
Ice lollies
(local manufacturers)
42 — — — — 42 42 — —
Ice lollies
(other manufacturers)
17 — — — — 17 17 — —
Totals 313 171 27 19 37 59 257 19 37
The above table includes:-
Ice Cream
samples
from vans
27
14
3
1
9
—
17
1
9
Soft ice
cream
samples
38
15
3
6
14
—
18
6
14
107