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SECTION E
INSPECTION and SUPERVISION of FOOD
(a) Milk Supply.
49 samples of milk were taken by the Weights and
Measures Department of the County Council during the year.
All were reported upon as being genuine.
There are 5 dairies and milkshops registered. 9 visits
to these premises were made.
There are 12 registered milk purveyors in the district,
licensed under the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised
and Sterilised) Regulations, 1949.
(b) Meat and Other Foods.
Slaughtering.
There are 6 slaughterhouses in the district all licensed
under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
11 pigs were slaughtered and inspected during the year.
No carcases or organs were condemned. Slaughtering in the
main for this district is carried out elsewhere in centralised
Ministry of Food Slaughterhouses at which inspections and
condemnations are the responsibility of the district in which
situated.
34 visits were made to slaughterhouses.
There are 26 butcher shops in the district and 141 visits
were made to these premises.
65 visits have been made to restaurants and cafes.
The following food-stuffs were inspected and found unsound
or unfit for human consumption. Some items were
returned to suppliers for reprocessing, others disposed of for
animal food, or for manufacturing purposes and the remainder
destroyed:—
20