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Milk (Special Designation) Regulations
At the end of the year the following licences to use special designations were valid for premises
in the Borough:-
Imported Food Regulations
The revised regulations with respect to imported food permit the release of food cargoes at the ports
on the receipt of an undertaking by the Port Health Authorities from the importer that the foodstuff
will be forwarded undisturbed to a named Inland Reception Centre where it will be subject to public
health inspection by the receiving Local Authority Officers.
Partly due to the increase in "container" traffic, Haringey receives increasing quantities of imported
foodstuff which are delivered to the local Cold Stores and are there subject to official examination.
On occasions, this examination must include chemical and bacteriological sampling, and if the present
indications of a large scale expansion in the "container" transport of imported foods are fulfilled,
it appears likely that a material increase in official surveillance by the Public Health Inspectors
will be necessary in this sphere.
New Food Premises
(1) Ice Cream Factory
During 1969, a long standing local ice cream manufacturer commenced production in a newly
constructed building in South Tottenham. For many years this family business had been trading
from very restricted premises in an area which has now been redeveloped by the Council. The
factory, now demolished, was a random development of severely limited proportions. It speaks
volumes for the hygienic standards observed by proprietor and his staff that the product was
consistently of a high bacteriological standard.
The new building consists of two blocks, of which one is a workshop for the mobile sales vans.
The factory is modern in concept and is the result of not only advice from all interested parties
but also the proprietor's own considerable experience. The machinery in the factory, which produces
a variety of lines, includes three 30/60 Vogt Cherry Burrell freezers and a C.P. 30/60 freezer, six
100 gallon ageing vats by C.P. and Alfred, and C.P. fruit feeder and ripple pump, two 100 gallon
pasteurisers, and an Oldham lollie machine capable of producing 35 gross/hour. Recently a
modern automatic Carousel Rotary freezer lollie plant has been installed capable of producing
25 gross/hour. There is also a 10,000 cu. ft. cold room.
(2) New Abattoir
The slaughterhouse on the site in Markfield Road, N.15. went out of use three years ago following
severe damage to the structure during a storm. The proprietors decided to demolish the existing
building and construct a modern abattoir on approximately the same site. Expert advice was
obtained from all available sources including the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
This Department was consulted and kept informed of all developments during the planning of the
scheme and as a result we now have what we consider to be a model abattoir. Full production
has not yet been achieved and a few teething troubles have yet to be remedied.
The abattoir is using a "line system" which in effect means that the carcase does not again touch
the floor after being hoisted immediately after slaughter. This is in contrast to the method of
dressing on cradles on the floor.
Apart from the standard equipment found in any modern abattoir, items of interest include —
(a) compressed air flaying knives and apparatus for removing hides with the minimum of handling
and in such a manner that the hide is removed and deposited in the hide room without touching
the floor.
(b) A pneumatic blower unit is used to convey all waste material through pipes which discharge into
collection hoppers in the yard, thus reducing to a minimum the time which such material remains
within the building.
Pasteurised Milk 219
Sterilised Milk 216
Untreated Milk 30
Ultra Heat Treated Milk 52
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