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FOOD HYGIENE
During the year 1,846 visits were made to various premises in the
district where food is handled.
Some types of premises require more frequent visits than others by
reason of the type of business carried on, and this fact is reflected in
the figures for restaurants, snack bars, and butchers' shops.
The improvement in food hygiene noted in my last two reports has
continued during the year, though it has been necessary to give the
occasional warning concerning such unhygienic practices as licking the
fingers before picking up wrapping paper and the blowing of bags to
open them.
A number of shops have continued to display notices requesting
customers to refrain from smoking whilst in the shop, and I would
like to see this practice become universal in food shops.
Shopkeepers continue to ask for notices, supplied free of charge by
the department, requesting the public not to take dogs into food shops.
It was noticeable that when these were first made available shopkeepers
were hesitant to display them fearing, it is presumed, that they
might give offence to dog-loving customers, but during the past two
or three years it has become obvious that the large majority of
owners of food shops are only too ready to display them.
MILK SUPPLY
One application was received for a Dealer's (Pre-packed Milk)
Licence under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1960.
Under these Regulations licences issued now remain in force for a
period of five years instead of annually as heretofore and supplementary
licences are no longer necessary.
FOOD AND DRUGS
The following table shows the various types of food and drugs
sampled during the year:
No. of
samples
Butter 1
Cheese Flaps 1
Chicken Fillets 1
Coffee 1
Condensed Milk 1
Chow Mein 1
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