View report page

Sausages. The absence of a legal standard under the Food
and Drugs Act or related Regulations Is considered by many to be
a constant source of trouble In the way of action. In my
experience, however, a minimum commercial quality for either
beef or pork sausages constantly emerges as a result of
traditional practice rather than as a result of maximum price
standards and there has been no difficulty in establishing this
quality to the satisfaction of the Courts, The substitution of
up to 10 per cent of meat by an equivalent of milk, powder,
which Is allowed by the Meat Products and Canned Meat Order,
1950, has not been popular and numerous complaints of bitter
taste have arisen In connection with such sausages.
Iodised salt. As a result of two samples taken In the
Borough lt has been tacitly admitted that no guarantee of actual
Iodine content of Individual packets can be made. It was
suggested to the manufacturers that a declaration of a minimum
content Instead of that of a wide range according to the present
code of practice would be more practicable and more in line
with the Labelling of Food Order,"
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938 - Section 13 (i)
Precautions to be taken in rooms where food
intended for sale is prepared or stored
This section requires that there shall be provided In or
within reasonable distance of the room suitable washing basins
and a sufficient supply of soap, clean towels and clean water,
both hot and cold for the use of persons employed In the room.
During 1951, thirty hot water heaters and a number of washbasins
were Installed In various food premises as a result of
Informal action. Seventy eight Inspections were made Of
restaurant kitchens, hotel kitchens and coffee stalls.
Clean Food Bye laws - Section 15
These bye laws were made under Section 15 of the Food and
Drugs Act 1938 by the Sutton and Cheam Council for securing the
observance of sanitary and cleanly conditions and practises In
connection with the handling, wrapping and delivery of food
sold or Intended for sale for human consumption, and In
connection with the sale or exposure for sale In the open air
of food Intended for human consumption, have been In operation
since July 1950.
During the year eight Infringements of the bye laws were
dealt with and applied mainly to open air trading of foodstuffs
from street stalls and barrows,
Loaf of Bread A loaf of bread purchased by a customer
from a baker's shop was, upon examination, found to contain
several short strands of tobacco. The matter was thoroughly
Investigated and having regard to all the circumstances of the
case a warning letter was addressed to the proprietor of the
bakery.
19