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relate only to 9 different types of food or drugs, I think we can continue
to have confidence in the relatively high standard of products sold
in this area.
In the course of sampling the Sanitary Inspectors have checked
the labelling of food and drugs and other items relating to substitution
of food by-products of inferior quality and preservatives in food etc.
Advertisements of local and national interest have not escaped
our attention.
It is with a sense of some satisfaction I record that a number
of officers from other Local Authorities have sought and taken our
advice on sampling methods, equipment, records and programmes
prior to their Council's assuming Food and Drugs Authority status.
It also gives me pleasure to express my thanks to the Public
Analysts, Mr. George Taylor, O.B.E., F.R.I.C., and Dr. J. Hubert
Hamence, M.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.I.C., for their helpful advice in this specialised
sphere of public health endeavour.
The number and variety of complaints illustrates that the public
is conscious of the necessity for maintaining food standards although
it is reasonable to assume that the complaints actually brought to our
notice in this way represent probably a minority of the numbers which
could be brought to our notice since many people naturally deal with
complaints informally. Although the number of prosecutions may