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The premises, and all persons engaged in the
handling of food, are subject to regulations and byelaws
made under the Food and Drugs Act which provide control
over the construction, repair and maintenance of the
premises, the cleanliness of the apparatus and equipment
used, and the hygienic handling of food.
Five hundred and eighty-three visits were made
in connection with these matters. It was not necessary
to take legal proceedings to obtain the remedy of conditions
which were found to require attention, but in one instance
the condition of the premises made it virtually impossible
to maintain a proper standard of food hygiene and the
occupier decided to discontinue the business.
Food inspection.
There are no licensed slaughterhouses in the
district and most of the local meat supply comes from the
London and other nearby meat markets. Samples of meat
offered for sale in butchers shops were submitted for
bacteriological examination and without exception found
to be satisfactory. Of the different foodstuffs
examined at various shops and stores the following was
found to be unfit for huuan consumption, surrendered and
disposed of by incineration or burial at the Council's
Sewage Works:-
Beef 149 lbs.
Pork 137 lbs.
Veal 20 lbs.
Liver 27 lbs.
Fish 56 lbs.
Flour 40 lbs.
Tinned meat 31 tins
Tinned fish 4 tins
Tinned vegetables l4 tins
Tinned fruit 101 tins
Frozen fish 51 packets
Frozen vegetables 8 packets
Pastries 24 packets.
Nine complaints were received which related either
to the quality of food or to the presence of foreign material,
These complaints were investigated in detail and discussed
with the manufacturer or retailer of the foodstuff concerned
with the purpose of ensuring that every possible precaution
would be taken to prevent contamination of food in any form.
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