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Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Milk Supply.—No 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).
No additional retailers were registered during the year.
Under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, 30 Dealers'
Licences, 1 Pasteuriser's Licence and 17 Supplementary Licences
were granted.
Bacteriological examinations of milk are no longer
carried out by the Borough Council. This work is undertaken by
the County Council, but we continue to co-operate very closely with
the County in checking up on local milk supplies.
Meat and Other Foods.—Butchers' shops, restaurants, bakehouses,
grocers' shops, fruit stores and fish shops have been inspected
frequently. Regular visits were made to the Ministry of Food Meat
Depot until the end of March when the depot was transferred to
Smithfield.
A considerable quantity of food of all kinds was condemned
during the year as unfit for human consumption. This was disposed
of, whenever possible, as salvage.
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