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DAIRIES REGISTERED UNDER MIILK AND DAIRIES (GENERAL) REGULATIONS
1959.
Number of Dairies 1
Any infringements found are rectified or remedied by informal action
when pointed out to the trader, and no formal action was needed.
During our visits of inspection every opportunity is taken to discuss
food hygiene with staff and management, and several minor matters regarding
cleanliness and protection of open foodstuffs were taken up informally.
The old Barnet Cattle Market is now used as a stall market selling a
wide variety of merchandise and including several food stalls.
On average the food stalls consisted of:-
Butchers 1
Poulterers 1
Snack Bar 1
Confectioners 2
Fishmongers 1
Greengrocers 3
Grocers 1
Regular visits have been made to the market and several informal notices
have "been given to stall holders concerning the Food Hygiene Regulations and
it is felt that a reasonable standard is now being maintained.
SHOPS ACT. 1950.
Fourteen informal notices were served on shopkeepers requiring the
exhibition of notices in respect of half-day closing and the employment of
young persons. We continued to liaise with the Surveyor's Department in
the matter of ventilation where plans for new shop fronts are deposited; it
would appear to be a feature of modern shop fronts to omit means of ventilation.
Early in the year the Hertfordshire County Council raised the question of
motor sales premises and weekly half-holidays. The sale of vehicles is
carried on, generally throughout the trade, for the six weekdays, and in order
to regularise the position, and after consultation with the seven firms in the
district so engaged, the Barnet Shops (Exemption) Order, 1961 , was made and
came into operation on 1st May, 1961 , exempting from the requirements of
Section 1(1) of the Act all shops in the Urban District in which the business
of motor vehicle trader is carried on, from closing for a half holiday.
A large Company operating shops over a considerable area of the Country,