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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Milk.
During the year one purveyor of milk was added to the register. At the end
of the year there were 36 purveyors of milk on the register. This number includes
12 who were registered with respect to premises occupied for other purposes for them
to retail milk in sealed receptacles only.
Under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, 50 licences were granted
during the year, 16 for the sale of Tuberculin Tested Milk, 1 for accredited milk, 31 for
the sale of Pasteurised Milk, and 2 for Pasteurisation.
Control.
Samples of milk, designated and undesignated, are examined for bacterial count.
These examinations are performed at the National Institute for Research in Dairying, at
Reading. Immediately after the samples are taken they are sent by train to the Institute
and they are nearly always examined between four and six hours after being taken.
Meat and Other Foods.
It is constantly borne in mind that unsound food may be exhibited for sale,
consequently regular visits are made to inspect the carcases of recently slaughtered
animals and watch is kept on premises where meat, fish and other foods are sold or
prepared for sale. Most of the meat supplied to the district comes from the London
Smithfield Market.
During the year a total number of 77 visits were paid to places where food is
prepared.
There are no registered slaughterhouse or public abattoir in the district.
In connection with the inspection of meat and other foods the following tables
show the action taken during the year:—