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SECTION 10 (Examination of food and seizure of unsound food). This section
enables an authorised officer of a local authority to examine any food intended
for human consumption which has been sold, or is offered or exposed for sale or
is in the possession of., or has been deposited with or consigned to any person
for the purpose of sale or of preparation for sale, and if it appears to be
unfit for human consumption he may seize it, and remove it in order to have it
dealt with hy a Justice of the Peace
No food was formally seized but the following foodstuffs were voluntarily
surrendered and destroyed:-
7ons Cuts. Qrs. Lbs. Uz,
Bacon 8 0
Bread, cakes and pastries 12
Butter, lard and margarine 2 9 6
Cereals 2 19 7
Cheese 5 0 0 9 12
Eggs and dried egg powder 19 3 20 0
Fish 6 0 9 9
Flour 2 26 0
Fruit and vegetables 6 16 l l 4
Jam and marmalade 1 6 2 14 15
Tinned meat, poultry and game 2 14 2 12 12
Carcase meat, poultry and game 2 2 2 13 9
Milk (Evaporated and condensed) 5 0 5 9 0
Pickles and sauces 3 4 6
Sweets 18 10
Tea and coffee 12
Miscellaneous5 0 13 1
24 15 2 23 3
DISPOSAL OF UNSOUND FOOD, Tins of unsound food were pierced at both ends
and taken to the Borough Council' s wharf on the River Lea for shipment by barge
to a controlled tip, Small quantities of carcase meat were disposed of in the
incinerator at the Disinfecting Station and larger amounts were, after staining,
sent to firms for commercial purposes.
SECTION 13 (Provisions as to rooms where food intended for sale is prepared,
or stored, &c.). This section deals with provisions in regard to hygiene,
cleanliness, washing facilities, etc., in rooms where food is prepared for sale
or sold, or offered or exposed for sale, or deposited for the purpose of sale
or of preparation for sale
SECTION 15 (Byelaws with respect to the handling, wrapping. &c. of food, and
the sale of food in the open air), Byelaws made by the London County Council
pursuant to their powers under this section provide for the observance of sanitary
and cleanly conditions and practices 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,
Under Section 13 and the Byelaws, notices relating to defects were served
in respect of the following premises:-
Bakers 8
Butchers 12
Cafes and restaurants 15
Confectioners 5
Fishmongers 1
Greengrocers 3
Grocers and Provisions Merchants 4
Public Houses 7
Stalls 8
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