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The matters dealt with were in respect of nationally retailed
articles of food.
Action was taken with regard to the proper labelling of
foods including pickles, canned peas and mixed vegetables
and ice cream, also with regard to disclosing the foreign
origin of honey and prepacked lamb chops. Other matters
dealt with included the constituents and quality of so called
cream cheese, and cake mixes, also meat products, breakfast
cereals, cream, ice lollies and sweet confectionery. False or
misleading labelling or advertising was challenged and alterations
or withdrawals effected. Cautions were given with respect
to preservatives in instant coffee and apricots.
Forty inspections of premises where milk is pasteurised
or sold were carried out and thirty five samples of milk taken
to ascertain whether or not pasteurisation or sterilisation had
been correctly performed. There were no failures. Twelve
samples of raw milk were procured and tested for the presence
of tubercle bacilli. All were satisfactory.
The Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959
One new distributor was registered and at the end of
the year the register contained details of thirty-three distributors
of milk and one dairy.
Complaints were received in respect of two milk bottles
which were not clean. A warning was given in each case.
Ice Cream
Premises at which ice cream was sold continued to
receive regular attention. There were no registered manufacturers
of ice cream in this area.
There was one new registration under Section 16 of the
Food and Drugs Act, 1955, for the sale of ice cream and at
the end of the year the register contained details of thirty-six
premises.
Clean Air
The Feltham Urban District (No. 2) Smoke Control
Order came in co-operation on the 1st October, 1962. Under
the two Orders, 2025 acres are now smoke controlled and
include 3,105 dwellings and 215 other premises. The Feltham
Urban District (No. 3) Order was confirmed at the end of
the year to come into operation on the 1st October, 1963.
In approximately 60% of elligible cases, applications for