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In many instances when the results have been poor, the
vendors have refused further supplies from the producers
concerned, thereby terminating the sale of bacteriologically
inferior ice cream in the district.
It is gratifying to report that the ice cream trade is
generally co-operative and anxious to provide a product which
receives a high grade report.
MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
1. Foodshops.
The fifty-five butchers' shops within the Borough have
been inspected, and observation kept upon the vehicles used
for the conveyance of meat, with the result that it has been
found that the provisions of the Public Health (Meat)
Regulations have generally been well observed. Necessary
action was taken in 13 cases where the sanitary conditions
were not satisfactory, or certain contraventions of the
Regulations existed.
At the end of 1949, 47 premises had been registered in
accordance with Section 14 of The Food & Drugs Act, 1938.
The majority of the registered premises are concerned with
the manufacture of sausages only. 126 cases of insanitary or
defective conditions in food shops, other than butchers' shops,
were dealt with.
2. Slaughtering.
There is one licensed slaughterhouse in the district.
One pig only was slaughtered during the year, and a
section of udder weighing 51bs. was condemned as unfit for
human consumption due to mammitis.
3. Unsound Food.
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The following diseased and/or unsound meat and other
foods have been surrendered and destroyed or, where
suitable, utilised for pig food:—