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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OP FOOD.
MILK SUPPLY.- Ho registration of retailers or
producers has had to be refused under the provisions
of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922 (Milk
and Dairies Order, 1926).
Five additional retailers were registered during
the year.
Under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936,
32 Dealers' Licences, 18 Supplementary Licences, and
1 Pasteuriser's Licence were granted.
MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.- Butchers' shops are visited
frequently, while slaughterhouses continue to be kept
under strict control. The bakehouses, fish, fruit
and grocers' shops are also kept under observation.
Immediately after the outbreak of war, certain
premises at Winchmore Hill were taken over as part of
the London Meat Market, being utilized as a meat
distribution depot. This resulted in a very large
increase in the work of meat inspection and supervision,
the number of carcases examined being out of
all proportion to the total of previous years.
To the end of August, the following animals had been
examined:
Bovines 30; Sheep & Lambs 2,344; Calves 36; Pigs 165;
(Total - 2,575).
For the whole year, the totals were:-
Bovines 4,394; Sheep & Lambs 76,876; Calves 1,644;
Pigs 4,253.
Thus, a grand total of 87,167 carcases was examined
during 1939, as against 23,424 in 1938 and 22,794
in 1937.
3,886 lbs (1 ton,14 cwt,2 qr,22 lbs) of unsound meat
were surrendered and destroyed.
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