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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 are registered under the
Romford Urban District Council Act, 1931, and are subject to the
Clean Food Byelaws.
Bakers 32 Caf&s 59
Confectioners 62 Fishmongers 30
Greengrocers 47 Grocers 121
Miscellaneous 12 Hawkers 29
There are also 45 food stalls situated in the Market Place on
three days of the week.
All the above are regularly inspected. During the year, 796
such inspections were made.
The majority of the food shops now have constant hot water
provided for washing purposes.
(v) Unsound Food.
During the year, 435 visits were made to food premises, mainly
on request, for the purpose of dealing with unsound food, and a total
quantity of 8 tons, 12 cwts., 75 lbs. of food was surrendered as unfit
for human consumption. Where possible all unsound food is
disposed of for animal feeding—the remainder is dealt with by the
Cleansing Department.
(vi) The Food and Drugs Acts, 1938 - 1954.
During 1955, 315 samples were submitted for analysis, comprising
66 Formal, and 249 Informal.
Table 13 sets out the types of food examined. Of the 66
Formal samples taken, 2 proved to be not genuine.
Of these, one consisted of Pork Sausages that contained only
67% of meat, this was reported to the Health Committee, who, in
view of the recent High Court ruling, decided not to institute proceedings,
but to send a strong letter of warning to the manufacturer.
The second unsatisfactory sample was of Whisky, which the
Analyst reported as being only 64.3° proof and containing 1% of
water. This whisky was sold from a bottle labelled 70° proof. The
information has been forwarded to the Minister requesting permission
to institute proceedings under the Labelling of Food Order,
1953 ; but authority had not been received by the end of the year.
Of the Informal samples the following were reported on
adversely
Bread.—The following samples were submitted as a result of
complaints.
3 samples of bread which were alleged to be contaminated with
dirt were found on examination to contain small areas of vegetable
grease from the machines. Letters were sent to the manufacturers
in each case.