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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hendon 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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SECTION E.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
It was necessary to institute legal proceedings under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, in the following cases:-
| Charge | Plea | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Selling bread containing a piece of metal | Guilty | Fined £10 and £2.2.0. costs |
| Selling bread containing string | Guilty | Fined £10 and £2.2.0. costs |
| Selling a cake containing a metal screw | Guilty | Fined £10 and £2.2.0. costs |
| Selling food not of the substance demanded (Glass in milk) | Guilty | Fined £10 and £3.3.0. costs |
| Selling food not of the substance demanded (Glass in milk) | Not Guilty | Case dismissed. |
FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS, 1955.
Daring the year three summonses were issued against the same defendant for using
tobacco in a food room
The Defendant was fined £2 on each of the three charges and ordered to pay
£3.3.0. costs.
Proceedings have also been taken under the Food Hygiene Regulations in a case
reported by the Police in which meat was being transported through the Borough in an
open lorry also conveying sacks of potatoes and onions, the meat not being protected
from risk of contamination.
Summonses were issued against the owner and driver of the vehicle, who failed
to appear on the day of the hearing, and the Magistrates issued warrants for their
arrest. The Defendants were apprehended and at the adjourned hearing, although both
Defendants pleaded "Not Guilty" and the owner gave evidence that the meat was not
intended for human consumption but for the feeding of greyhounds, both Defendants
were convicted, the Owner being fined £25 and the driver £5. In addition the
Corporation were awarded £7 12 8d. costs.
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