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(xi) Provision is made in regard to the transport and carrying
of unwrapped meat.
The Local Authority is empowered to issue certificates of
exemption in certain cases where compliance with the Regulations
cannot reasonably be required because of restricted accommodation
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or some other special circumstance. In a covering letter the
Ministry of Health state that this provision is included for
exceptional use to meet special circumstances and the Minister
does not doubt that it will be used with circumspection. A
certificate may be issued for a specific period or to run indefinitely
until withdrawn.
The penalties for offences against either the new Act or
Regulations has been raised to a fine not exceeding £100 or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both.
In the case of continuing offences there may be a further penalty
not exceeding £5 a day. If a caterer is convicted by a Court of
an offence against the Pood Hygiene Regulations, the Court may, in
certain cases, disqualify him from using the premises for catering
purposes for a period not exceeding two years.
Registered Premises
In future the applications for the registration of premises
to be used for the manufacture, storage or sale of ice cream, or
for the preparation of sausages or preserved foods must specify
the particular rooms or accommodation to be used and registration
will be restricted to those parts of the premises.
At the 31st December, 1955, the following premises were
registered:-
For the sale only of ice cream 356
Manufacture and sale of ice cream 6
Storage of ice cream 4
Cooking of hams and other meats 42
Fish frying 37
Sausage manufacture 56
Preparation of jellied eels 3
Boiling shell fish 3
These premises are regularly visited by the district sanitary
inspectors and samples of ice cream collected from time to time