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37
ICE CREAM.
Premises manufacturing or storing or selling Ice Cream have
been kept under supervision throughout the year; the total number
of visits paid in this respect being 128.
A total of 79 samples were submitted to the Bacteriologist for
examination and of this number 56 fell within Grades I and II and
were considered satisfactory and 23 fell within Grades III and IV
and were considered to be unsatisfactory.
It must be remembered that the greater number of samples are
taken from premises which have been found to produce unsatisfactory
samples in the past; whereas those dealers who invariably produce
good results are only sampled occasionally. The figures given therefore
do not give a true picture of conditions throughout the Borough
Generally the standard is high and in all cases the Ice Cream (Heat
Treatment) Regulations, 1947 are complied with in every respect.
In all cases of unsatisfactory samples the premises were carefully
inspected and methods of manufacture were investigated. The
Manufacturers and retailers were found to be very co-operative in
their efforts to improve conditions and were always willing to accept
help and advice.