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For some considerable time an understanding has existed
between the Public Health Department and the local food
retailers whereby retailers notify us of any article of food
about the quality of which they were in doubt and before
such article was exposed for sale on their premises. By
these means a large amount of food, unwholesome or unfit for
food for human consumption, was withdrawn from sale. In
each case a certificate of unfitness detailing the article was
issued to the retailer who in turn forwarded it to his wholesaler,
so that the replacement might be effected. A copy of
such a note was sent to the Local Pood Control Officer for
his guidance in the adjustment of food rations to those concerned.
A considerable amount of food was condemned as
being unfit for food for human consumption and was destroyed
by incineration.
Total quantity of Canned Poods condemned 5802
Total weight of Other Poods condemned (not including
canned foods, and foods contained in jars, packets
and bottles) 10 tons 2 cwts. 6 stones.
Informal action taken in connection with Food Shops and
Food Stores:
51 Notices were served on occupiers of Shops and
Stores for infringements of the Food and Drugs Act,
1938, where proper precautions were not being taken
against contaminiation of food.
The principal matters dealt with were:—
Sanitary Accommodation:
Defective sanitary conveniences 11
Without proper water supply 1
Defects in drainage system -
Choked drains 9
Compartments cleansed 4
Provision of washing facilities:
Provision of hot water supply 11