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Food and Drugs Act, 1955—Section 16.
Two hundred and fifty-one shops and food premises have been
registered under the above Act, as follow:—
Ice Cream Stores 201
Fish Shops 8
Butchers' Shops 41
Fish and Meat Paste Factory 1
251
Unsound Food.
During the year a total of 2 tons, 17 cwt. 4 lbs. of varied articles
of food were condemned and destroyed, and 474 Food Condemnation
Certificates were issued.
Bacon 43 lbs.
Butter l½lbs.
Cereals 27 lbs.
Cheese 2 lbs.
Chicken 15 lbs.
Cordials 5 lbs.
Cream 6 lbs.
Fish 28 lbs.
Fish (tinned) 976½lbs.
Flour 3 lbs.
Fruit (tinned) 1.005 lbs.
Fruit (dried) 10 lbs.
Kidneys 28 lbs.
Liver 10 lbs.
Meat (tinned) 964 lbs.
Meat 1,498 lbs.
Meat Pies 5 lbs.
Milk (tinned) 31 lbs.
Preserves 41 lbs.
Sausages 78 lbs.
Sauces 1 lb.
Soups 16 lbs.
Sweets 6 lbs.
Vegetables (tinned) 692 lbs.
Milk and Dairies Regulations.
Five dairies have been registered under the above regulations.
The following licences were issued during 1962:—
Pasteurised 2
Sterilised 1
Twenty-four visits were made to the dairies in the district during
the year.
Slaughterhouses and Slaughtermen.
No slaughterhouses were licensed during the year, but licences
were issued to eight slaughtermen under the Slaughter of Animals Act,
1958.