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Milk (Special Designations) (Pasteurised Milk). Regulations,
1949, required all pasteurised milk ' to be put into the
bottles etc. in which it is to be delivered by retail on
the premises on which it is pasteurised. October 1st 1954
is also the appointed date from which it is compulsory to
use overlapping caps on containers of pasteurised milk.
Poultry Shops and Stalls.
521 inspections and visits were made mainly for the
purpose of examining poultry exposed for sale, and 27 notices
were served. One dealer, summonsed for failing to protect
rough-plucked poultry from contamination by dirt, dust, etc.
was fined £1 with £1.5.0 costs.
Prepared Food Premises.
The number of prepared food premises on the register
is 166, and 424 inspections were made and 64 notices served.
Proceedings were taken against the proprietors of two
fish-frying establishments, one for the dirty and dilapidated
condition of the premises, and the other for using for fish
gutting a shed not provided with a roof.
Fines totalling £23 and £7.4.0 costs were imposed in
these cases.
Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations. 1937-1948.
Seventy-four Detention and 85 Release Notices were
served under these regulations, affecting a variety of foodstuffs,
including canned meats, cocoa,' sheeps casings,
ground nuts, tallow, dried and canned fruits, sugar, coffee,
coconut, etc.
It was found necessary to serve Detention Notices on
five consignments of produce which arrived unaccompanied by
the official certificates. These were subsequently produced
and the foodstuffs released.
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