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the description "Seedless" applied to oranges in which there
were some seeds but many fewer than in a normal orange.
Merchandise Marks Act, 1887- 1953. Most of the inspection
work carried out under the provisions of the above Acts is to
ensure that the requirements of the various Marking Orders
(which relate to the indication of the country of origin of certain
goods) are properly observed."
"Visits of inspection were made to 260 premises in Hayes
and Harlington. 1,074 stacks and displays being examined. Only
minor infringements, in respect of which the inspector concerned
issued a verbal warning, were detected."
"Labelling of Food Order, 1953. This Order requires prepacked
food to be marked with the name and address of the packer or
labeller (or with a registered trade mark); and also to bear
on the label its common or usual name together with a list of
the ingredients of which it is composed. The Order also controls
the manner in which the presence of vitamins and minerals are
disclosed. Ninety-two premises were visited and 442 articles
were examined, no infringements being detected."
"Safe Milk. Twenty samples of raw milk were procured and
tested for the presence of tubercle bacilli. All were satisfactory.
Thirty nine samples of pasteurised or sterilised milk
were procured and tested for proper processing and twenty-four
inspections of the two pasteurising plants in the area were
carried out to ensure that the plant and premises were kept in
satisfactory condition and that the pasteurising process was
properly carried out. Twenty-four samples of "washed" milk
bottles were procured for bacteriological examination as a check
on the general efficiency of the bottle washing apparatus used
by the dairies."
Food Poisoning,
Three outbreaks of food poisoning involving in all three
persons occurred during the year. The causative organism in two
cases was Salmonella Typhi Murium and in the other Staphylococcus
Pyogenes.
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