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These have all been regularly inspected, and limewashing
has been carried out twice in the year as required
by the Factory and Workshops Acts.
Four hundred and ninety-five visits have been made
to premises and stalls where foods are manufactured, prepared,
stored or exposed for sale, and these are usually found to be
kept in a satisfactory condition.
The stores and yards of the greengrocers receive
frequent visits, but the standard of tidiness is far from high.
The following list shows the amount of food which was
surrendered and condemned from shops and stalls, and then
destroyed :
Haddocks 702 lbs.
Herrings 50 lbs.
Pears 368 lbs.
Plaice 84 lbs.
Turkeys 150 lbs.
Winkles 75 lbs.
Total weight 12 cwts. 3 qrs. 1 lb.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
Sixty-nine informal samples of new milk were purchased
and submitted for analysis. Of these, 64 samples were
reported genuine and five just below standard. Formal
samples were taken in respect of two of the latter cases, and
both were found to be genuine.
One hundred and three samples were obtained within
the district by the County Council Inspector for this Division
of Kent.