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Ice Cream.
During the year 15 applications for registration as vendors and 13
applications for registration of premises for the storage and sale of ice
cream were granted.
At the end of the year 3 persons and premises were registered for
manufacture and 309 for the storage and/or sale of ice cream.
83 samples were taken during the year. 80 proved satisfactory. In
addition, 62 samples were taken under the Food and Drugs Act for
examination by the Public Analyst.
The quality of the ice cream sold locally remains in general of a
highly satisfactory order.
One notice was served during the year under the Ice Cream (Heat
Treatment) Regulations.
A successful prosecution was carried out during the year in respect
of an ice cream vehicle which was not up to standard.
Preserved Food Manufacturers.
Section 90 of the Hornchurch Urban District Council Act, 1936,
requires registration of preserved food manufacturers and premises.
At the end of the year 71 persons and 93 premises were registered for
the manufacture, preparation or storage of preserved meat, an increase
of one person and 4 premises. Regular supervision is maintained over
them.
Essex County Council Act. 1952, Section 103.
This section which deals with the registration of hawkers of food and
their premises came into force on 1st April, 1953, and at the end of
the year under review 74 persons and 16 premises had been registered.
Milk Distributors.
There are 8 milk distributors with 12 registered premises in the
District. There are also 13 firms registered as milk distributors in
Hornchurch whose premises are registered in other districts. In
addition, 57 shopkeepers are registered for the sale of bottled milk only.
One prosecution was taken during the year against a shopkeeper who
failed to register as a Distributor of Milk.
The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations. 1960.
These Regulations consolidate and re-enact with amendments the
Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949-1954, and the
Milk (Special Designation)(Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)Regulations,
1949-1953, and came into operation on 1st January, 1961, insofar as
they relate to Dealers'licences. The principal changes are:-
(i)A dealers' (pre-packed milk) licence is introduced to permit
the sale of all three kinds of specially designated milk (i.e. Pasteurised,
Sterilised and Tuberculin Tested) where the milk is obtained by
the dealer in the container inwhich it is to be supplied to the consumer.