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25. FOOD HYGIENE AND FOOD AND DRUGS ADMINISTRATION
CLEAN FOOD SCHEME
The Council's Clean Food campaign was continued during the year, 15 lectures being given to a
total of 298 food handlers, and certificates of attendance awarded to those who completed the courses.
In addition, 10 lectures were given by public health inspectors to 227 members of women's organisations,
and 16 lectures to 649 school children approaching school leaving age in the secondary schools.
15 filmstrips were sold to other local authorities.
INSPECTION OF FOOD PREMISES
A total of 3, 640 visits was made to 2,551 premises in the borough, and 1,705 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 cafe was convicted on 38 summonses and
was fined £76 and costs of £7 7s. were awarded to the Council. In the second case a cafe proprietor
was summonsed on 18 counts, one of which was withdrawn. On the remaining 17 counts he was
convicted and fined £85 with £52. 10s. costs to the Council.
Table 5 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
Six certificates of exemption from the provisions of the Regulations relating to
water supply and washing facilities were granted by the Council during the year, as satisfactory
alternative facilities were available in adjoining premises.
MILK AND DAIRIES (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 1959
During the year, 22 persons were registered as distributors of milk in accordance with the provisions
of Regulation 8. There remained on the register at the end of the year two dairies and 163 distributors
of milk in respect of 243 premises.
47 samples of washed bottles were taken at random from a bottling plant at one dairy, of which 46
were found to be satisfactory and one unsatisfactory. The second dairy is mainly concerned with the
pasteurising and packing of cream in plastic containers.
In spite of all the precautions taken by dairy firms 19 complaints were received from members of
the public concerning the sale of milk in dirty bottles containing foreign bodies. There were 2
prosecutions involving total fines of £25 and costs of £11 11s.
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