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FOOD
FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1955
Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960.
The above-named Regulations, which came into operation on the
1st October, 1960, amended and consolidated the Regulations of 1955
—1957, and brought within their scope the handling and service of
food on board home going ships and certain other vessels.
These food hygiene regulations lay down requirements in respect
of the cleanliness of food premises and stalls, and of apparatus and
equipment, the hygienic handling of food, the cleanliness of persons
engaged in the handling of food and of their clothing, and the action
to be taken where they suffer from or are carriers of certain infections;
the construction of food premises, their repair and maintenance and
the facilities including sinks and wash basins to be provided; and
the temperature at which certain foods arc to be kept.
A number of the fish shops in the Borough have been completely
modernised, including the provision of plate glass windows, doing
away, therefore, with the old open-fronted shops.
1. Number of Inspections:
The Public Health Inspectors continued a survey of food
premises and during the year, 976 visits were made to shops and other
premises in order to ascertain compliance with the Regulations, and
arising therefrom 697 contraventions were found, and 129 letters sent
and 44 verbal notices given in connection therewith.
The following is a summary of the works done during the
year:—
Bakehouse provided 1
Chopping block provided 4
Cleaning & redecorating carried out 181
Clothing lockers provided 10
Cooker hoods cleaned 2
Draining boards provided 3
Dustbins provided 6
Fat clarifier provided 1
First Aid material provided 12
Floors cleaned 2
Floors renewed or repaired 13
Flushing cisterns repaired 2
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