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(e) Meat and Other Foods Condemned
The under-mentioned foodstuffs were certified as unfit for
human consumption during the year:-
lbs. Tins
Meat 434½ Meat 90
Fish 49 Fish 1
Potatoes 224 Vegetables 22
Fruit 61
7 07½ Evaporated Milk 1
Marmalade -
Bushels Soup 1
Shellfish 1½ Pudding
Tomato Juice -
176
Miscellaneous Items
Red Cabbage 42
Blackcurrants 1
Sandwich Spread 1
Marmalade 1
Sauce 2
After examination tay the Public Health Inspector condemned
food is collected by this Department's van, which has a specially
constructed metal floor for this purpose. It is then removed to
the Council's Refuse Disposal Plant where it is destroyed by incineration.
In some instances food is brought to the Department's
offices for examination and the same method of disposal applies.
(f) Food and Drugs Act, 1955 - Food Hygiene
Regulations, 1955
Throughout the year, as in previous years, much attention
has been paid to food hygiene. The Public Health Inspectors
make frequent visits to food premises within the Borough, primarily
to ensure the enforcement of the Food Hygiene Regulations, and
secondly to advise and educate food handlers in the paramount
importance of food hygiene. In all 810 visits were made to food
premises, as set out below:-
Dairies and Milk Shops 61 Butchers 168
(Registered)
Ice Cream Premises 33 Fried Fish Shops 23
(Registered)
Stalls (Registered) 23 Other Food Premises 502
Full usehasagain been made of the propaganda material available,
including posters from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Central Office of Information
and the Central Council for Health Education.
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