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Grades 1 and 2 are accepted as satisfactory, Grades 3 and 4 as
unsatisfactory. A sample listed as unsatisfactory, however, does not mean
that the product is unfit for human consumption but is an indication that
at some stage during either manufacture or handling the required standard
of cleanliness has not been maintained, or that there is something amiss
with either the plant or the materials. In all of these cases follow-up
samples were taken.
FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS
Forty-three samples were examined by the Public Analyst during the
year and all were reported to be satisfactory.
This Act and its allied regulations deal, among other things, with the
control and composition of these products. In all matters concerning this
legislation close liaison is maintained with the Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food for whom extremely helpful advice and assistance is
always available.
PHARMACY AND POISONS
Twenty-one samples were examined by the Public Analyst—all
satisfactory. During the year the number of persons listed as sellers of
poisons (i.e. poisons to which Part Two of the Act relates) decreased by
six to 127. The class of shops from which articles containing poisons in this
category could be purchased were as follows—the 1969 figures are shown
in brackets :-
Builders' Merchants 8 (9)
Hardware Stores 40 (40)
General Provision Stores 64 (69)
Nurseries, Corn Merchants 8 (6)
Hairdressers 1 (1)
Photographers 1 (2)
(Laboratory furnishers)
(Pharmacists, Druggists) 4 (5)
Pet Stores 1 (1)
Total 127 (133)