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Condemned foods are disposed of, whenever possible, to a
manufacturer of animal feeding stuffs and fertilisers or in accordance
with the Salvaged Goods (Revocation) Order, 1953. Small
quantities of condemned foods are buried on the Council's refuse tip.
Miscellaneous foods such as shell-fish, cream cakes, watercress
and meat products are regularly sampled for bacteriological
examination and the results are of considerable assistance to the
Sanitary Inspectors in their contacts with food-handlers, illustrating,
as they often do, that the greatest care is necessary in the
storage and handling of this class of food.
(d) Meat Transport.
No improvement has taken place in the conditions under
which meat is transported from the wholesale depots to butchers'
shops and in view of the impending decontrol of meat supplies it is
unlikely that the organisation at present responsible for this task
will commit itself to any improvement scheme involving appreciable
expense until the future is more clear. Under these conditions it is
the object of the Sanitary Inspectors to prevent, by constant
supervision, the gross mispractices to which these conditions have,
in the past, given rise.
(e) Food Handling Byelaws.
Byelaws made under Section 15 of the Food and Drugs Act,
1938, have been in force in the district since July, 1950, and have
been of great help in bringing about the considerable improvement
in food hygiene standards which has taken place since that time.
The protection given to food to prevent contamination is greater
than ever before, particularly food displayed for sale on shop
counters and therefore especially liable to contamination by handling
coughing or sneezing.
(/) Clean Food Campaign.
At the end of the year there were 104 members in the Food
Hygiene Guild, representing one-third of the food traders in the
district and an increase of 14 over last year's total. The Guild's
Certificates, membership plaques and lapel badges supplied to shop
assistants have become familiar sights in the town and are a constant
reminder, both to the shopping public and those engaged in the
handling of food, of the importance of food hygiene.
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