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The ice cream trade has passed through many phases, and
during the last few years it had reached the stage where practically
90% of the ice cream was sold pre-packed and frozen hard.
A recent development has been the sale of "soft" ice cream.
This is an ice cream that has been made in the factory, put into
hermetically sealed containers, and stored in a cold place. When
required, this mix is fed into a freezer and served direct as a loose
ice cream. The public seem to prefer this softer ice cream to the
factory made pre-packed type that has undergone a hardening
process.
The sales of this new type of ice cream was at first confined
to shops, but now vans are being equipped with motor driven
freezers for this type of trade, therefore vans adapted for this
purpose can no longer be classified as vending vehicles, but are in
fact a mobile manufacturing plant.
Vans that have been specially built for this purpose, comply
in all respects with the Food Hygiene Regulations, as all surfaces
are covered with impervious material and in addition to cold
storage cabinets and freezers, they are equipped with hand basins
and means for providing hot water for washing.
Providing the operator obtains his initial mix from a reputable
firm and observes the highest standards of hygiene in regard to the
equipment and methods of handling this new form of vending
should not create any hazards or problems, but great care must
be observed in cleaning and sterilising the equipment.
At the end of the year, 263 persons were registered with the
Council as vendors of ice cream, of these 42 were registered as
itinerant vendors, the remainder being shop premises. Regular
checks are made on all premises and vehicles.
During the year 30 samples of ice cream were taken for
bacteriological examination, two of these were reported on as
being unsatisfactory, these 30 samples were further classified as
follows:—
Ministry of Health (Provisional) Grade 1
Ministry of Health (Provisional) Grade 2
Ministry of Health (Provisional) Grade 3
Ministry of Health (Provisional) Grade 4
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