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SECTION E.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOODS.
General.
During the year there were no outbreaks of food poisoning and
only one of the forty-five single cases notified as suspected food poisoning
was confirmed.
This is a very encouraging state of affairs, and particularly to the
Food Inspectors who spend so much of their time making inspections
of food premises and who never lose an opportunity with food handlers
of emphasising the importance of hygiene in the prevention of this
very unpleasant illness.
The general standard of cleanliness in food premises was found
to be satisfactory.
Food and Drugs Act, 1955.
Food Sampling.
Details of the two hundred and thirty-seven informal samples of
food and drugs taken for analysis are as follow: —
Samples taken. Result Adult-
Description. Formal. Informal. Genuine. Inferior orated. Remarks
Almond Flavouring — 1 1 — —
Ammoniated Tincture of
Quinine — 2 2 — —
Baked Beans — 1 1 — —
Baking Powder — 1 1 — —
Beef Sausages — 2 2 — —
Beef and Kidney Pie — 2 2 — —
Beef Stew and Vegetables — 11 — —
Beetroot — 2 2 — —
Blackberries (tinned) — 1 1 — —
Blackcurrant Jelly — 1 1 — —
Blackcurrant Juice Syrup — 11 — —
Bourn vita — 1 1 — —
Brandy Butter — 1 1 — —
Butter — 7 7 — —
Butter Sweet Confectionery — 3 3 — —
Cake Confectionery — 1 1 — —
Cake Mix — 2 2 — —
Cayenne Pepper — 1 1 — —
Christmas Pudding — 1 1 — —
Cheese — 1 1 — —
Coffee and Chicory Essence — 7 7 — —
Cooking Fat — 2 2 — —
Cornish Pasty — 1 1 — —
Cornflour — 1 1 — —
Corned Beef — 2 2 — —
Condensed Milk — 1 1 — —
Cough Linctus — 1 1 — —