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Clean Food Campaigns.
The Chigwell and Waltham Holy Cross Hygienic Food
Traders Guild was formed in 1948. An Advisory Committee
has been set up and has formulated the policy of the
Guild. Codes of Practice have been drawn up for each type
of trade including Licensed Premises and Mobile Ice Cream
Vendors.
The Advisory Committee meets six times a year to
receive reports from the Sanitary Inspectors concerning applications
for membership and to discuss new problems and
suggestions. The Committee is comprised as follows:—
Councillors 5 Food Traders 7
Trade Union 1 Employees 1
Technical Officers:
Medical Officer of Health 1
Sanitary Inspectors 2
35 Food Traders have applied and been admitted to
membership. The Certificate of Membership and employees'
badges have been issued in each case.
The members represent the following trades:—
Grocers and Provision Merchants 8
Fishmongers 3 Butchers 9
Confectioners 3 Bakers 2
Restaurants 3 Greengrocers 3
General Stores 3 Dairies 1
Arrangements are being made to show three short films
to Food Traders early in 1950.
A series of lectures has been given by the Medical Officer
of Health to senior classes at local schools. The subjects
discussed were General Public Health Administration, Personal
Hygiene, Infectious Diseases and Food and Kitchen
Hygiene.
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