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fifty-six lbs.; canned fruit, twenty-five lbs; fresh fruits, 765 lbs; canned
fish 122 lbs; canned meats 686 lbs; canned vegetables 133 lbs; and canned
groceries 467 lbs. 1,117 packets of frozen food and thirty-three pints of
condensed and evaporated milks were also condemned.
Complaints
Sixty-eight complaints were received about the unsoundness of or
presence of foreign matter in foodstuffs. Of these, twenty-five related to
bread; nine to cakes and confectionery; twelve to meat or meat pies; three
to sausages; two to fish; one to vegetables; one to ice cream; one to fresh
cream; three to minerals; and eleven to tinned or packed foods.
Summary Proceedings: Court action was taken against two firms.
In the one where a cigarette end had been found in a loaf, a fine of £15 was
inflicted and £5 costs; in the other, where a needle had been found in a
loaf, the fine was £50 and £21 costs.
Ice Cream
At the end of the year 424 premises were registered for the retailing
of ice cream, an increase of seven on the number at the end of 1960. Of
these only two manufacture ice cream. Sixty samples were taken, fourteen
being of loose ice cream, and one pre-packed from the manufacturers in
the district; forty-five from retailers of pre-packed or loose ice cream.
Grades 1 and 2 are considered satisfactory, grades 3 and 4 are not and if
repeated indicate faults in manufacture. Of the fifteen samples from local
manufacturers, three were grade 3 and one grade 4, and therefore not
satisfactory. Of the remaining forty-five, three samples of loose ice cream
were in grade 3 and two in grade 4, the remaining forty being either
grades 1 or 2. In those cases classified as grades 3 and 4, suggestions as to
better sterilization of equipment and other improvements were adopted.
Later samples were found to be satisfactory.
All thirty samples of lollies examined were satisfactory.
Preserved and Pickled Foods
Those premises where sausages or preserved or pickled foods are
prepared or manufactured have to be registered under the Food and Drugs
Act 1938, by this Authority. There were 145 such premises at the end of
the year, an increase of five on the previous year.
All these premises are regularly inspected. Where unsatisfactory
conditions or other irregularities were found, the occupiers' attention was
called to them and were promptly attended to.
Registration of Hawkers
It is a requirement of the Middlesex County Council Act 1950, that
any person not being a shopkeeper who retails from a cart, barrow, basket
or other receptacle, shall be registered with the local authority and that