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ICE CREAM
Ice Cream premises were kept under regular supervision
during the year, 160 visits being paid to manufacturers and
retailers in the Borough.
103 samples of Ice Cream were submitted to the Bacteriologist
for examination and of this number 54 samples fell
within Grades I and II and were considered satisfactory, and
49 fell within Grades III and IV and were unsatisfactory.
In all cases of unsatisfactory samples careful checks were
made of the premises concerned and help and advice were
given. All manufacturers and retailers were found to be very
co-operative in their efforts to improve conditions, and in
most cases the result was satisfactory.
The Ice Cream (Heat Treatment) Regulations, 1947 came
into force on the 1st May, 1947, its main objects being to fix
the temperatures at which Ice Cream should be pasteurized,
cooled and stored and to provide for the protection of Ice
Cream at all times during manufacture, distribution and
storage.
Retailers and Manufacturers have been visited and the
provisions of the Regulations have been fully explained.