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Food Hygiene (General) Regulations. 1960
Inspections of food premises by the Public Health Inspectors (Food)
to ensure that the provisions of the Food Hygiene Regulations were being
observed, numbered 3,906 during the year. Notices served requiring works
to be done to comply with the Regulations totalled 354. No applications
were made during the year for certificates exempting premises from complying
with any of the provisions of the Regulations.
Bakehouses and Bakers Shops
Summonses issued against the proprietors of two bakers shops for
selling bread containing foreign bodies, resulted in fines of £12 with
costs of £8.13.0 being imposed.
Catering Establishments
There are 924 catering establishments in the Borough, including
industrial canteens. The proprietor of a café was fined £15 with costs
of £3.7.0 for selling buttered rolls, the "butter" consisting of margarine.
Chemical sampling of foodstuffs
Samples submitted for analysis to the Public Analyst numbered 380
for the year. The Report of the Public Analyst appears on pages 56 to 58.
Export Certificates
115 certificates were issued in respect of the examination of a
variety of foodstuffs exported to Canada, Denmark, Germany, Holland,
Israel, Italy, Lebanon, South America, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
the United States.
Before certificates are issued an inspection of the foodstuffs for
export is carried out, and on occasion samples are taken for analysis.
Where necessary investigation is made into the method of production.
Grocers Shops
Legal proceedings taken against a grocer for selling a meat pie
which was unfit for human consumption resulted in a fine of £10 with
£5.5.0 costs. Another grocer was summoned for selling non-brewed
condiment containing an excessive amount of lead, and was also fined
£10 with £5.5.0 costs.
Ice Cream
There are 21 premises in the Borough registered for the manufacture
of ice cream but only three were used for this purpose during the year.
Inspections were made from time to time under the Ice Cream (Heat Treatment,
etc.) Regulations 1959 and no contraventions were found.
Sixteen samples of ice cream submitted for chemical analysis showed
an average fat content of 10.1 per cent.
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