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Action taken on unsatisfactory samples:—
Milk (2) Warning letter to Purveyor.
Orange drink Public Analyst
cates with the Ministry
of Food.
Minced meat Warning letter to Purveyor.
Bread loaf Warning letter to Purveyor.
The milk samples had an average fat content of 3.64%.
E (5) Clean Food Campaign
There are 267 food premises in the Borough of the
following types:—
Fishmongers 17
Bakers 9
Cafes 33
Canteens 13
Butchers 33
Greengrocers 26
Grocers 57
Grocers and Confectioners 27
Grocers and Greengrocers 5
Confectioners 36
Dairies 5
Food Factories 4
There are 207 registered food premises in the area of
which the following are component trades:—
E (6) Food and Drugs Act. Section 14
Ice-cream 123
Sausages and preserved food 48
E (7) Erith, Bexley, & Crayford Clean Food Traders Guild
Resulting from a continuous clean food campaign. 58
Erith traders are now members of the Guild and display
the approved plaque on their premises, whilst another 5 food
traders are recommended for membership and are awaiting
approval by the Executive Committee.
Many improvements have been effected at food premises
during the year. Since the end of rationing, the hygiene of
foodshops has improved considerably. Selective purchasing
seems to have resulted in all-round improvement in the display
of foodstuffs by vendors in an endeavour to attract
an increasingly hygiene minded public.