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The type of apparatus licensed in connection with Pasteurised
milk is that known as the "Holding" process, fitted with an
automatic time and temperature recording chart.
Meat Inspection.—During the year 599 visits were paid to the
15 slaughterhouses in the area and as far as possible inspection of
all animals has been carried out during slaughter.
Notification of the intention to slaughter is invariably given bv
occupiers of slaughterhouses.
The slaughtering of animals in the early morning and at nighttime
caused a considerable amount of overtime to be worked by the
Sanitary Inspectors, and some provision should have been made in
the Meat Regulations, 1924, that all slaughtering should be done
within sunrise and sunset.
There has been no request from Meat Traders in the Area for the
marking of Meat, and the Council made no application to the Ministry
for this purpose.
All meat and foods condemned as unfit for human consumption
are taken to Low Hall Farm and placed in the Destructor.
The administration of the Meat Regulations with regard to Shops
has not come up to expectations, although in some instances a
considerable improvement is noted.
In the absence of definite instructions in the Regulations as to all
Butchers' Shops being provided with glass fronts, difficulty is
experienced to justify such provision in one instance and not in
another.
There are comparatively few Meat Stalls, other than those placed
immediately outside the owners' shops and little or no difficulty
in this respect has been experienced in effecting improvements
along the lines indicated in the Regulations.
Too much has not been attempted under the Regulations; the
important thing—proper supervision of slaughtered animals—has
been attained, the remaining objects will gradually be achieved.