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I II III IV Total
Ice Cream 65 22 26 3 116
Meat and Other Foods.
There are no slaughterhouses in the Borough and the retail
shops receive their meat from Smithfield and from the local wholesale
depots. Some home killed meat comes from the modern
abattoir at Guildford.
There are nine wholesale meat depots in the Borough, the
main group being situated in The Bittoms, with three in Wood
Street and one in Cambridge Road. The meat handled includes
fresh meat from within the British Isles and imported meat from
Europe, South America and Australasia. In addition to carcase
meat a great quantity of offal is received, packed in either
cartons or tins. During the year a number of consignments of
rabbits were received from various places, including Poland,
Australia and China. The meat arrives from producers in this
country through Smithfield, other wholesale markets, or in sealed
containers from Northern Ireland. All the depots handle the
above products, but one firm in The Bittoms deals exclusively
with poultry and game. Some imported meat is stored in the
Ice Storage Depot at The Bittoms.
The depots consist of a main selling area, chiller and
freezer compartments, with office accommodation at the rear and
on the first floor of the premises. Sanitary accommodation and
staff rooms are provided and all the premises are conducted and
maintained in a satisfactory manner in accordance with the Food
Hygiene Regulations.
During the year numerous visits were made to these depots
following requests for the inspection of meat. The following
table gives details of meat found to be unfit for human consumption
and voluntarily surrendered from these premises.