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Example is better than precept, and the department hopes that
it can use these as examples of the criterion which will be expected
if certain dairies are to continue.
Some of the smaller mixed shops and cafes still present a problem,
but every effort is being made to secure the necessary
improvements.
Ice Cream.
Routine sampling and systematic inspection continues to be
undertaken in the supervision of ice cream production.
The standard of hygiene is generally of a satisfactory
character. Traders are usually willing to co-operate, and amenable
to suggestions for improvement. The main difficulty in the production
of ice cream is that it is essentially a seasonal product.
Thus some traders regard it only as a profitable side line to their
business during the summer months.
Those manufacturers who make ice cream their main busi ness
are as anxious to obtain consistently good results as the department
itself.
Samples are analysed by the National Laboratory Service, the
grading being provisional.
It must be emphasised that the tests made are only for
bacteriological grading, the result being an indication of the standard
of hygiene generally achieved in the factory.
The number of premises registered during the year under
Section 14 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, for the sale, etc., of ice
cream, was as follows:—
(1) For the sale of ice cream 30
(2) For the manufacture of ice cream 2
(3) For the manufacture and sale of ice cream 8
(4) For the storage of ice cream 2
Total number of certificates granted 42
Two applications for registration were refused as the premises
concerned did not comply with the provisions of Section 13 of the
Food and Drugs Act, 1938.