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Purveyors retailing multiple firms' productions 34
Purveyors manufacturing and retailing their own
productions 1
(ii) Ice Cream (Heat Treatment Regulations) 1947 to 1952
The Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, Etc.) Amendment Regulations, 1951
appointed the 1st March, 1951, as the date from which local authorities
may require the use of thermometers to indicate and record temperatures
to which ice cream mixture is subjected in the manufacture of ice cream.
The Council decided, in accordance with the recommendations of the
Minister of Health, that 4 thermometers should be provided of the following
types:—
A recording thermometer at the heat treatment stage;
An indicating thermometer at the heat treatment stage;
An indicating thermometer at the cooling stage;
An indicating thermometer at storage stage.
(iii) Sampling.
Samples for bacteriological examination are taken monthly from April
to September and at regular intervals during the winter months as supplied
by all manufacturers to tricycle salesmen and local retailers. Samples are
repeated after unsatisfactory results. In 1952, 94 samples were submitted
for examination with the following results:—
No. of Samples Ministry of Health Provisional grade. % of Total Unsatisfactory Samples.
. 63 I 67.0 —
16 II 17.0 2
12 III 12.8 2
3 IV 3.2 —
94 100.0 4
The 4 unsatisfactory samples contained coliform organisms including
some of faecal origin.
6 samples of ice lollies were also taken, two of which were unsatisfory—one
contained excessive bacteria and the other contained coliform
organisms including some of faecal origin.
The ice cream was not manufactured in Ilford but the ice lollies were.
The local Medical Officers of Health were communicated with in cases
where supplies were received from outside the Borough and in all cases the
Sanitary Inspectors visited the premises to check the arrangements for
manufacture and /or storage. Further available samples proved satisfactory.
The Food Standards (Ice Cream) Order 1952 prescribed new standards
for ice cream. During 1952, 6 samples were submitted for chemical
analysis, all of which complied with the Order.
Food and Drugs Act, 1938. Meat and Other Foods.
(i) Inspection and Supervision.
The Council has made bye-laws under Section 15, Food and Drugs Act,
1938 for securing the observance of sanitary and cleanly conditions and
practices in connection with the handling, wrapping and delivery of food
sold or intended for sale for human consumption, and in connection with
the sale or exposure for sale in the open air of food intended for human
consumption.