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CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS
84 visits were made to catering establishments during the year and in 60
cases it was necessary to give written or verbal intimation that work was required
FOOD COMPLAINTS
During the year, 35 cases concerning food alleged to be unsound were received
in the Department
24 cases were substantiated, the details of which are as follows -
Comp1aint
Metal staple in sausage meat
Slice of mouldy apple pie
Cap in bottle of milk
Metal staple in nougat
Mould on steak and kidney pie
Swiss roll bitter taste
Dirty milk bottle
Grapefruit juice bitter
Mouldy sausage roll
Mould on unsalted creamery butter
Mouldy swiss roll
Foreign matter in pork pie
Mouldy sliced loaf
Foreign matter in bread
Chewing gum in sliced loaf
Glass in fruit malt loaf
2 mouldy veal and ham pies
Cap in 5 pint bottle of milk
Cocoa bean moth eggs and grubs
in bar of fruit and almond chocolate
Spider in tin of fruit salad
Green substance in fried cod fish
Piece of plastic in sliced wrapped loaf
Piece of glass in apricot flan
Action taken
Court action - £20 fine and
£10.10s,0d, costs
Warning letter.
Warning letter
Court action £20 fine and
£10 10s Od costs
Court action - £2 fine and
£5 15s 6d costs
No action
No action.
No action,
Court action - £5 fine and
£7,7s,0d. costs,
Warning letter.
Court action - £10 fine and
£10.10s,0d costs.
No action,
Warning letter.
Warning letter.
Court action £10 fine and
£5, 5s, 0d, costs.
No action,
Court action - £10 fine in
each case and £10,10s.0d,
costs.
Warning letter.
Warning letter
Warning letter
No action.
Warning letter,
Court action - Defendant
absolutely discharged
Council awarded £10,10s.0d„
costs
FOOD SAMPLING
By the courtesy of the Chief Officer, Public Control Department of the
Middlesex County Council, the following details of food sampling within the
Borough are available:
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