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currant boxes and the point had caused discolouration of the chocolate
fondant covering. The bakery of the firm concerned was not situated
in the district and the firm could not offer any explanation as to how
the nail may have come to be in the cake. A warning letter was sent to
the firm.
MOULDY FRUIT PIES
The individually packed fruit pie is becoming increasingly popular
and complaints were received of two which were sold in a slightly mouldy
condition. The reason in each case for the condition was that the pie
had been kept longer in the shop than it should have been, due to the fact
that the assistants had not kept a careful check on the code marks on the
packets and had permitted new stock to be displayed and sold before the
pies in question which had been in the shop for a day or so.
A warning letter was sent to the manufacturers and to the retailers
and the importance of the efficient handling of goods of a perishable
nature stressed in an interview with the Manageress of the shop concerned.
No further complaints have been received.
GREASE IN BREAD
Moulding machines in small bakeries if not kept in a perfectly clean
condition may give rise to complaints of grease stains in bread. Two complaints
were received during the year and the bakers concerned were
interviewed and the importance of keeping their machines in first class
condition mechanically stressed.
DIRTY MILK AND CREAM BOTTLES
Two complaints were received during the year concerning the condition
of milk and cream bottles.
Considering the vast numbers of bottles handled each year by the large
dairy companies and the improper use to which some householders
even in these enlightened days put milk bottles, it is really surprising
there were so few complaints. The milk bottle which was the subject of
complaint had obviously been used as a "vase" for flowers.
The objcctional habit some householders have of screwing up the metal
cap and leaving it in the bottle gave rise to a remarkable coincidence
when a customer of a well-known dairy twice within a period of five
weeks had delivered to her home a pint bottle of T.T. Pasteurised Milk
which contained a crumpled metal milk bottle cap. The caps had obviously
been through the sterilizing plant with the bottle and no further action
was taken beyond drawing the Company's attention to the incidents.
OTHER INSPECTIONS
PET SHOPS
Four persons are licensed to keep pet shops in the district. Visits arc
made periodically to the premises and in each case the business has been
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