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The Minister of Health has issued Draft Ice Cream
(Heat Treatment) Regulations, 1946, dealing with the manufacture,
storage and sale of ice cream. Due consideration
was given to these draft regulations and representations
were made by the Council to the appropriate Ministries that
bacteriological and chemical standards be formulated for
ice cream, and that itinerant vendors should be registered.
With regard to the formulation of a bacteriological
standard, the Ministry of health experts point out that,
up to the present, there is difficulty in instituting a
satisfactory bacteriological test for ice cream, but that
such tests, however, may usefully be employed as an indication
of faulty methods of manufacture, and assist Local
Authorities in discovering manufacturers and vendors who
fail to comply with the requirements of the Regulations or
of Section 13 of the Act.
As regards the quality of ice cream, it would not be
difficult to lay dam some standard for fat and solids-notfat,
and for sugar, etc., but the Ministry of Food prefer
to postpone this until the necessary ingredients are more
readily available.
Butchers' Chops and Stalls. 391 inspections were made
during the year, and 6 Notices were served.
Cowhouses. There are 9 licensed Cowhouses in the
Borough. 95 inspections were made, and 2 Notices were
served.
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