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Total quantity of Canned Foods condemned 4454
Total weight of Other Foods condemned:—
5 tons 18 cwts 42 lbs.
Informal action taken in connection with Food Shops and
Food Stores:
115 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
contamination of food. At the end of the year a remedy
had been effected in 106 instances.
The principal matters dealt with were:—
Sanitary Accommodation:
Defective sanitary conveniences 8
Defects in drainage system 3
Choked drains 3
Compartments cleansed 24
Provision of washing facilities:
Provision of hot water supply 43
Refrigerators:
Interiors cleansed 5
General:
Insufficient accommodation for
storage of refuse 13
Want of cleanliness 37
Other defects 118
MILK SUPPLY:
Number of registered dairymen and purveyors of
milk 11
Number of registered premises 32
Number of Cowkeepers 7
Number of farms where milk is bottled on the
premises 3
85 special visits have been made to secure cleanliness
of dairies and dairy farms and for protecting milk against
contamination.
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