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(e) Bread (informal). — Contained portions of used surgical
dressing. A letter of warning was served.
(f) Bottle of Milk (informal). — Contained a metal foil wrapping.
Letters of warning were sent to the bottlers and distributors.
(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 10 persons and 3 premises
were also registered during 1961.
(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 IIford Corporation Act, 1937, requires registration
of such premises.
3 applications for registration were received and granted during
1961.
(vi) ARTICLES OF FOOD SURRENDERED.
During the year the following articles were surrendered and condemned
as being unfit for the food of man:-
Bacon, 64 lbs.; Beverages, 21 tins; Biscuits, 26 pkts; Butter, 3 lbs.;
Cereals, 33 lbs.; Cheese, 52 lbs.; Chicklettes, 6 lbs.; Cream, 3 tins; Fish
(Wet and Dry), 115 stone; Fish (tinned), 344 tins; Flour, 8 lbs.; Fruit
(tinned), 2084 tins; Fruit (Dried), 17 lbs.; Fruit Juice, 22 tins; Jam (preserves),
46 lbs.; Meat — Fresh, 3283 lbs.; Meat (tinned), 4053 lbs.; Meat
pies, 62; Milk(tinned), 390 tins; Pastry and Pudding Mix, 13 pkts.; Pickles,
19 jars; Sugar, 96 lbs.; Poultry, 926 lbs; Soups (tins), 11; Vegetables,
(tins), 56; Sausages, 99 lbs.; Tea, 4 lbs.; Ice Cream, 333 cartons.
(vii) FOREIGN BODIES IN FOOD.
15 complaints (including 1 milk sample referred to in paragraph (iii)
Sampling) were received during 1961 of the presence of foreign bodies in
foodstuffs; letters of warning were sent in 8 cases and legal proceedings
taken in 1 case, which was dismissed.