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(k) Hamburgers (formal). — Meat content poor. A letter of
warning was sent in this case.
(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 4 persons and 10 premises
were also registered during 1962,
(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.
3 applications for registration were received and granted during
1962.
(vi) ARTICLES OF FOOD SURRENDERED.
During the year the following articles were surrendered and condemned
as being unfit for the food of man:-
Bacon, 9 lbs.; Beverages, 6 tins, Biscuits, 4½ lbs.; Butter, 2 lbs.;
Cereals, 152 lbs.; Cheese, 20 lbs.; Chicklettes, 2 lbs.; Cream, 14 tins;
Eggs (preserved), 7¾ lbs.; Eggs (shell), 2½ gross; Fish (Wet and Dry)
77 stones; Fish (tinned), 90 tins; Fish cakes, 30; Fish (paste), 10 jars;
Flour, 15 lbs; Fruit (tinned), 1,267 tins; Fruit (Juice), 1 tin; Game, 27 lbs.;
Ice Cream, 31 brickettes; Jam, 36 lbs.; Jellies, 23; Lard, 1 lb.; Meat
(fresh), 1,795 lbs.; Meat (tinned), 771 lbs.; Meat (pies), 33; Milk (tinned),
85 tins; Pastry and Pudding Mix, 11 pkts; Pickles, 13 jars, Poultry, 88 lbs.;
Salt, 1½ lbs.; Sausages, 3 lbs.; Soups (tinned), 58 tins; Sausage rolls, 9;
Tea, 65 lbs.; Tomatoes, 11½ lbs.; Vegetables (fresh), 6 lbs.; Vegetables
(dried), 76 pkts.; Vegetables (tinned), 128 tins.
(vii) FOREIGN BODIES IN FOOD,
13 complaints (including 4 instances referred to in paragraph (iii)
Sampling) were received during 1962 of the presence of foreign bodies in
foodstuffs; letters of warning were sent in 8 cases and legal proceedings
taken in 4 cases and fines totalling £25, plus £14.14s.0d. costs were
imposed.