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2. The nuriber of registered food premises is as follows:-
(a) The number registered under Section 16
of the Pood & Drugs Act, 1955 98
(b) The number registered under the Essex
County Council Act, 1933 76
(c) The number of dairies registered 11
3. The number of inspections of registered food
premises during the year:- 305
4. Condemned food is disposed of by incineration
at the Refuse Disposal Works.
The Slaughterhouses Act. 1958 - Section 3
As required by The Slaughterhouse Reports (Appointed Day) Order,
1959 and The Slaughterhouses (Reports) Direction 1959, the Local
Authority submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
a Report on the existing and probable future requirements for
slaughterhouse facilities.
Up to the 31st December, 1959, there was within the Borough only
one small private Slaughterhouse with a very limited through-put. This
was subject to annual licence and the owner elected not to apply for
renewal. The through-put was in any case not sufficient to materially
influence the meat supplied to the district as a whole.
Consultation with interested parties indicated that supplies of
home killed meat were, in general, obtained from the Central Markets,
Smithfield augmented in a few instances from other wholesale Depots,
Without exception, satisfaction was expressed as to the quality and
quantity of meat supplied from the Central Markets,
From the extensive enquiries made, therefore, the conclusion was
reached that so long as the aforementioned Markets were retained (or
some other Market of a like nature) the needs of the district in respect
to meat supplied could be adequately met without the provision of local
public or private Slaughterhouses.