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E(5) Food Hygiene.
E(5)a Food and Drugs Act 1955. The Food Hygiene Regulations
1955.
(1) The Regulations referred to above and made under
sections 13 and 123 of the principal Act came into operation,
save in so far as was otherwise expressly provided by
any provision thereof, on 1st January 1956. The design of the
Regulations is to strengthen the hands of local authorities
in securing higher standards of food hygiene throughout the
food and catering industries, and by replacing section 13 of
the Food and Drugs Act 1938, add a number of new provisions
in respect of hygienic handling of food and the construction
and maintenance of premises, stalls, vehicles etc.,
where food is handled. Implementation of the Regulations
necessitated every food premises in the Borough being inspected
and enforcement has already produced a noticeable
improvement in regard to standards aspects of both food
hygiene and personal hygiene. In many instances, food
premises are being structurally altered, whilst in others, complete
reconstruction is taking place. Some food purveyors
have discontinued the practice of selling open food, and the
refrigeration of deposited foodstuffs is now becoming more
the rule than the exception.
No certificates of exemption under Regulation 31 have
been issued during the year.
(2) Number of food premises in Borough.
(a) Registered under section 16 Food and Drugs
Act 1955.
No. of visits-
Butchers (sausages and preserved
foods) 33 171
Bakehouses 9 21
Fishfriers 12
Food factories 4 10
Ice-cream manufacturers 5 22
Ice-cream dealers 126 351
(b) Food premises not subject to registration.
Fishmongers 13 34
Cafes 25 156
Grocers 78 191
Greengrocers and Fruiterers 40 124
Confectioners 50 92