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and no serious problem exists. There is,however, a need
for some-provision to be made for handwashing for those
engaged in hawking or delivering food.
Ice Cream.
Certificates of registration for the sale of
ice cream were granted in respect of seven premises during
the year, bringing the total of premises in the District
which are registered for the manufacture, storage or sale
of ice cream to fifty-six. Inspections of these premises
were made to ensure that the requirements of the Food and
Drugs Act and the Ice Cream (Heat.Treatment, etc.) Regulations
were being observed. Where ice cream was sold from vehicles
these'Were examined as to suitability. Generally, the
standards were good and call for little comment.
Sampling of ice cream for bacteriological examination
was continued. The results were again satisfactory.
Samples are placed into one of four grades, following a
test as to their bacterial purity. Grades 1 and 2 are
considered to indicate a satisfactory standard, grades 3
and 4 are unsatisfactory. The 45 samples taken were
placed in the following grades:
Grade 1. Grade 2. Grade 3. Grade 4.
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The three unsatisfactory samples were obtained
from one shop where the ice cream was sold wrapped as
supplied by the manufacturer. Conditions at the shop
were found to have no bearing on the grading of the samples.
The local authority of the district in which the ice -cream
was manufactured was informed. Subsequent samples were
satisfactory.
Milk.
The milk supplied throughout the District is
either pasteurised, sterilised or tuberculin-tested.
Forty-two samples were taken during the year, all
of which were satisfactory.
One complaint was investigated, where milk was
supplied in an unclean bottle. The results of the enquiries
suggested that the bottle had been misused and contained a
substance other than milk. The bottle had thereafter