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635 lbs. Tinned Fruit 38 lbs. Chocolate and Sweets
114½ lbs. Marmalade 1½ lbs. Coffee
147¾ lbs. Jam and 1 Bottle Grapefruit Squash
Mincemeat (13 fl. ozs.)
4 lbs. Syrup 2 Bottles Ginger Wine (26 fl. ozs.)
11. MILK SUPPLY
There are in this district: —
17 Retail Distributors
4 Dairies
Producers Licensed by the Middlesex County Council for: —
Accredited Milk—2
Tuberculin Tested Milk—1
Pasteurised Milk—1
Thirty-three Dealers' Licences and 27 Supplementary Licences
were granted under the Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk)
Regulations 1949 and the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised
and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949.
Two samples of milk were taken for examination by the
Methylene Blue Test and the results were satisfactory. Samples
were also taken by the Middlesex County Council who are the
Food and Drugs Authority in this area.
12. ICE CREAM
There are four premises registered for the manufacture of ice
cream in the district. Three of these manufacturers produce ice
cream by the hot-mix method involving the use of materials
requiring heat treatment, as laid down in the Ice Cream (Heat
Treatment) Regulations, 1947, whilst one manufacturer produces
ice cream from a complete cold-mix powder.
There are also 82 premises registered for the sale of ice cream
in the district.
One hundred and one samples were taken during the year for
examination by the Methylene Blue Test. These were placed in the
following grades:—
Grade I 52 Grade III 13
Grade II 30 Grade IV 6
Samples of ice cream for Chemical Analysis are taken by the
sampling officers of the Middlesex County Council.
13. FOOD POISONING
There was no serious outbreak of food poisoning in this district
during 1951.
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