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MEAT AND OTHER FOODS
There are now no slaughterhouses operating in Brentford and Chiswick.
FOOD CONDEMNED DURING THE YEAR, 1956
Fruit and Vegetables 28 tons
Fish 33 stone
Meat and Bacon 4½cwts
Perishable Goods 5¾ cwts
Tinned Goods 3,950 tins
There was an abnormal rise in the amount of fruit and vegetables requiring
to be condemned, the figures having risen from 8½ tons in 1955 to 28 tons in
1956. Three consignments of oranges which arrived at the Brentford Wholesale
Market in an unmarketable condition, formed the bulk of this increase, 22 tons
4 cwts. having to be destroyed.
Unsound food is disposed of by incineration, tippingor for animal feeding.
MILK
During 1956, the following licences were issued under the Regulations
mentioned:-
Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised & Sterilised Milk) Regulations,
1949 to 1953.
Dealer's Licences 52
Supplementary Licences 18
Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
Dealer's Licences 22
Supplementary Licences 9
BAKEHOUSES
Number in district in use 8
Contraventions of Foods & Drugs Act, 1955 -
32