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The following foods were condemned during the year:-
Meat (tinned) 4,341 lbs.
Meat (offal)145 lbs.
Heat (raw) 4,321 lbs.
Heat (cooked) 224 lbs.
Pish (tinned) 72 lbs.
Pish (raw) 426 lbs.
Fruit (tinned) 15,790 lbs.
Vegetables (tinned) 989 lbs.
Miscellaneous Pood (tinned) 717 lbs.
Other Miscellaneous Pood 504 lbs.
Frozen Pish 36 lbs.
Frozen Fruit 7 lbs.
Frozen (Miscellaneous) Food 125 lbs.
Condemned foods are disposed of, whenever possible, to a
manufacturer of animal feeding stuffs and fertilisers. Small
quantities of condemned foods are buried, under supervision, on
the Council's refuse tip.
Food Hygiene.
The structural standard of food premises is, with very few
exceptions, satisfactory. There is however no doubt that the
standard of food handling still leaves much to be desired and
the need for education in the basic principles of food hygiene
is a most pressing need for persons engaged in the food trade.
It is true, I think, that this kind of work can most effectively
be done at the actual place of work of the food handler, by
pointing out undesirable practices and suggesting better and
safer methods. But when small groups of food handlers can be
gathered together other forms of health education become practicable,
i.e. the use of film strips, cine films and display material.
During the year these forms were used on an increasingly
large scale. Thirteen lectures were given to a total of 193
food handlers, from canteens, hotels, bakehouses, shops, restaurant
kitchens etc. and, looking to the future, talks and fill"
shows on the basic principles of hygienic food handling were
given to 800 senior girls, in small groups, in local schools.
No certificates of exemption from certain requirements of
the Food Hygiene Regulations, 1955, have been granted.
Bye laws under Section 15 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938,
have been in force in the district since July, 1950.
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