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HEAT INSPECTION (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1971
The income from this meat inspection service during the year was £6,075.37p.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1950
The Regulation of Movement of Swine Order, 1959 continued in force and
several hundred movement licences were dealt with and visits to our
11 licensed boiling plants were continued as before.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
A summary of 33,414 inspections is as follows:-
Clean Air Act 3,467
Public Health Acts 6,654
Food & Drugs Act 4,045
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 4,694
Offices, Shops & Railway Premises Act 1,894
Shops Acts 1,764
Infectious Diseases 553
Housing Act3 2,620
Sampling 1,075
Factories Act 149
Noise Abatement 973
Diseases of Animals Act 175
Miscellaneous 3,629
Slaughterhouses & Meat Inspection
(not including the inspections of
2 Authorised Meat Inspectors based
permanently at slauhterhouses). 1,216
Consumer Protection 506
Enforcement Proceeding
Two legal proceedings were instituted in respect of Stautory Notices served
under the Public Health and Housing Acts (1 each).
72 court cases were taken under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, resulting
in total fines of £922.00 and costs of £323.66.
37 under the Shops Act, 1950, (fines £230 costs £190); 3 under the Noise
Abatement Act, 1960 (fines £20 costs £5), 7 under the Civic Amenities Act,
1967 (fine3 £90 costs £25); and 7 under the Offices, Shops and Railway
Premises Act, 1963 (fines £85 costs £15).
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