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Food Standards (Ice Cream) Order, 1951.
Two samples were taken and submitted to the Public Analysts
who reported the following satisfactory results :—
Fat content
10.9%
7.1%
Medical Examination—Typhoid, Etc., Carriers.
The scheme of voluntary medical examination and blood
testing of employees in the ice cream trade has now reached its
ninth year.
Twenty-one persons had blood specimens taken.
No "Carriers" were found during the period under review.
Bacteriological Examination of Ice Cream.
Seventy-one samples were submitted for examination and for
grading in accordance with the provisional test of the Ministry
of Health, with the following results :—
Grade I 52
II = 11
III = 8
A relatively high standard was maintained throughout the
Borough although one manufacturer had certain difficulties with
respect to his plant. Investigations were carried out in this case
and it appears that the trouble has been located. The plant is not
in operation at present but it is anticipated that it will be operating
early next year. This resulted in some samples being below
standard.
Where unsatisfactory samples were taken, the manufacturer
was informed and further check samples taken as soon as possible.
Where samples were taken of ice cream manufactured outside
the district, copies of these reports were forwarded to the appropriate
local authority.
Lollies (Various).
Twenty-one samples were examined for bacterial purity, eleven
of which were unsatisfactory.
(c) Meat and Other Foods
There are no slaughterhouses operating in the Borough.