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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
AND FOOD PREMISES
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955
Food Complaints. Some 31 complaints were received from residents who considered
food which they had been sold was unfit for human consumption by reason
of its containing foreign bodies, etc. All these complaints were fully
investigated,, and in appropriate cases the vendors were asked to submit written
explanations. In 20 instances warning letters were sent to the vendors. In
eight cases legal proceedings were taken, four under Section 2, three under
Section 8, and one under the Milk and Dairies Regulations 1949-54. In the
remaining three cases no action was considered necessary.
Details of 1,500 food premises in the Borough where the following food
trades are carried on are listed in departmental records:-
Aerated water manufacture 2
Bakehouses 29
Bakehouses (Basement) 12
Bakers shops (Sales only) 34
Bakers (Sundries manufacture) 1
Beer bottlers 3
Beer and Wines "Off" sales at grocers' shops 14
Butchers 134
Cake deco ration manufacture 1
Canned soup manufacture 1
Cheese manufacture 1
Confectionery (Sweetshops) 364
Concentrated food manufacture 1
Pish curing 20
Pish (Wet) 33
Pish (Pried) 26
Pish (Wet and Fried) 1
Pruit drink manufacture 1
Greengrocery 140
Grocery and provisions 385
Ice-cream manufacture 11
Ice-cream retail sales 389
Jam manufacture 1
Jellied eels and pies - manufacture and sale 5
Milk distributor 218
Non-brewed condiment and vinegar manufacture 2
Public houses 180
Off licences 61
Pickle manufacture 2
Restaurants and cafes 203
Sugar grinding 1
Sweets manufacture 9
Wholesale sweet storage 1
2,286
STREET TRADING IN FOODSTUFFS. For the purpose of regulating street
trading, the majority of street traders are licensed by the Borough Council
under Section 21 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1947,
to operate from approved pitches. This department deals only with the
application of food legislation in connection with stalls selling foodstuffs.