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4. Legal Proceedings
(i) Public Health Acts, 1936/61
74 applications were made for legal proceedings to enforce the requirements of notices
served under the Public Health Acts. 14 cases were subsequently heard by the court and abatement
orders made. The remaining 60 cases were withdrawn before the court hearing, or after
adjournment, the work required by the notices having been completed.
(ii) Food and Drugs Act, 1955 and Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960.
59 complaints regarding foodstuffs were investigated and reported to the Health
Committee. A wide variety of foo^ was implicated, i.e. milk, bread, cakes, sausages, tinned
goods, bacon and confectionery. The reasons for the complaint was either the presence of
foreign matter or the appearance of mould growth on the food. The Committee authorised legal
proceedings in respect of 25 cases and dealt with the remainder (34) by warning letters and
representations to manufacturers.
5. Sampling - Food and Drugs Act, 1955
Samples Submitted for Chemical and Bacteriological Examination
TYPE OF EXAMINATION AND
ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
MISC.
FOODS
Ml LK
ICE
CREAM
ICE
LOLLI ES
COOKED
MEATS
WATER
DRINKING
SWIMMING
POOLS
No. Chemical
256
1
—
—
—
2
8
No. Bacteriological
36
49
84
2
100
1
19
No. Satisfactory
251(C)
1(C)
67
2
34
1(B)
19(B)
15(B)
43(B)
1(C)
8(C)
No. Fairly Satisfactory
2KB)
2(B)
12
—
66
—
—
1(C)
No. Unsatisfactory
4(C)
4(B)
5
—
—
1(C)
—
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