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(d) Bread (informal).—Contained foreign matter which was found
to be rodent excreta. A letter of warning was sent to the bakers and
to the retailer.
(e) Bottle of milk (informal).—Contained foreign matter which
was found to be a mould growth embedded in milk solids mainly of a
fatty nature. A letter of warning was sent to the retailer.
(iv) Hawkers of Food.
Section 103 of the Essex County Council Act, 1952, came into operation
on 2nd April, 1953, and provides that hawkers of any food, and
premises used for the storage of such food, shall be registered by the
local authority. Registration was granted to 8 persons and 5 premises were
also registered during 1957. The storage premises concerned in the other
cases were not in Ilford.
(v) Registration of Premises used for the Preparation or
Manufacture of Sausages, or Potted, Pressed, Pickled or Preserved
Meat, Fish or other Food Intended for Sale.
Section 80 of the Ilford Corporation Act, 1937, requires registration of
such premises.
No application for registration was received during 1957.
(vi) Articles of Food Surrendered.
During the year the following articles were surrendered and condemned
as being unfit for the food of man: —
Bacon, 88 lbs. 6 ozs.; Beverages, 23 tins 9 bottles; Biscuits, 69 lbs.
14 ozs., 6 tins; Butter, nil; Cereals, 50 pkts.; Cheese, 27 lbs. 51 pkts.;
Cream, 52 tins; Eggs, 263 lbs. (frozen), 11 cases; Fats, 3 lbs. 4 ozs. 4 pkts.;
Fish (Wet and Dry), 79½ stone; Fish (Tinned), 142 tins; Fish (Shell), 7 jars;
Fish (Paste), 14 jars; Flavouring, Colouring, etc., 2 Bottles; Flour, 3 lbs.;
Fruit (Tinned), 1.135 tins; Fruit (Bottled), 47 lbs.; Fruit (Dried), 68 lbs.
15 ozs.; Fruit Juice, 21 tins; Jam, Preserves. 62 tins; Meat (Fresh), l,128¼
lbs.; Meat (Tinned), 1035 lbs. 3 ozs.; Meat Pies, 4; Meat Paste,
7 jars; Milk (Tinned), 557 tins; Pastry and Pudding Mixtures, 3 pkts.;
Pickles. 10 jars; Potatoes, 858 lbs.; Poultry, 1 Chicken. 4 lbs. 6 ozs.; Puddings,
3; Sauces, Salad Creams, etc., 2 jars. 11 bottles; Sausages, 104 tins,
89 lbs.; Soups. 100 tins; Sugar. 82 lbs.; Sweets, 9 lbs. 8ozs. and 41 bars of
Chocolate; Tomatoes, 216 tins; Tomato Juice, 25 tins; Vegetables (Tinned),
624 tins.
(vii) Foreign Bodies in Food.
13 complaints were received during 1957 of the presence of foreign
bodies in foodstuffs. In 4 cases legal proceedings were taken, fines of £3
and £3 3s. costs, and £3 and £2 2s, costs respectively were imposed in two
cases, in one case the summons was dismissed and no costs awarded ano
in the remaining case an absolute discharge was granted on payment by
the defendant of 4s. costs.
(viii) Food Poisoning.
By virtue of Section 82 of the Ilford Corporation Act, 1937, food
poisoning became compulsorily notifiable in Ilford as from 1st October,
1938. It is also notifiable under Section 17, Food and Drugs Act, 1955.
22 notifications were received.
One outbreak occurred, involving 5 persons of one family, but the
cause of the outbreak was not discovered.
Two outbreaks, each involving 2 persons, also occurred. The causual
organism was found to be Salmonella Typhi-murium in both cases,