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(iv) Food Products in General.
In addition to the premises used for Milk, Ice Cream and Meat
referred to above, the following food premises are registered under
the Romford Urban District Council Act, 1931, and are subject to
the Clean Food Byelaws made under Section 16 of the Food and
Drugs Act, 1938.
Bakers 31 Cafes 61
Confectioners 61 Fishmongers 29
Greengrocers 44 Grocers 115
Miscellaneous 12 Hawkers 25
There are also 45 food stalls situated in the Market Place on
three days of the week.
All these premises are subject to regular inspections to ensure
that the requirements of the Byelaws and Section 13 of the Act are
complied with. During the past year 711 such inspections were
made and where necessary informal notices were served, but it is
generally found that improvements can be obtained by personal
approach rather than the service of notices.
(v) Unsound Food.
During the year 466 visits were made to food premises mainly
on request, for the purpose of dealing with unsound food, and a
total quantity of 5 tons 8 cwts. 96 lbs. of food was surrendered as
unfit for human consumption. At present all unsound food if suitable
is disposed of for animal feeding.
(vi) Legal Proceedings, Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
Three cases were taken before the Magistrates under Section 9
of the Act, two under Section 13, and one under the Clean Food
Byelaws and the following convictions were recorded:—
Offence Section Fine
(1) Unsound food exposed for sale 9 £2
(2) Sale of diseased chicken 9 £2
(3) Unsound meat deposited for sale 9 £25
(4) Dirty condition of cafe kitchen 13 £9
(5) Continuing offence of dirty kitchen (4) 13 £15
(6) Failure to exhibit name on stall Byelaws £1
In the case of Nos. 4 and 5, following the second conviction for
non-compliance with Section 13 the cafe proprietor closed down
and sold the premises.
(vii) Food Hygiene.
The Senior Sanitary Inspector has given talks to various
organisations on Food Hygiene and has assisted in the instruction
of the Emergency Feeding Section of the Civil Defence Service.
Wherever possible these talks are illustrated by the aid of film strips.