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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
AND FOOD PREMISES
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955
Food Complaints. Complaints to the number of 30 were received from residents
who felt that they had been sold food which was unfit for human consumption.
A full investigation was made of all these complaints and the vendors of the
food in question were informed and invited to submit written explanations. In
nine cases the complaints could not be substantiated and no action was taken;
warning letters were sent to vendors in twelve cases, and legal proceedings
were taken in nine cases - seven under Section 2 and two under Section 8
Departmental records contain details of the 2,274 food premises in the
borough where the following food trades were carried on: -
Aerated water manufacture 2
Bakehouses 32
Bakehouses (Basement) 9
Bakers' shops (Sales only) 34
Bakers (Sundries manufacture) 1
Beer bottlers 2
Beer and Wines "Off" sales at grocers' shops 13
Butchers 133
Cake decoration manufacture 1
Canned soup manufacture 1
Cheese manufacture 1
Confectionery (Sweetshops) 378
Concentrated food manufacture 1
Fish curing 19
Fish (Wet) 30
Fish (Fried) 16
Food Importers 1
Food Vending Machines 2
Fruit drink manufacture 2
Greengrocery 122
Grocery and provisions 362
Ice-cream manufacture 10
Ice-cream - retail sales 426
Jam manufacture 1
Jellied eels and pies - manufacture and sale 5
Milk distributor 221
Non-brewed condiment and vinegar manufacture 2
Public houses 171
Off licences 57
Onion peeling 5
Pickle manufacture 2
Restaurants and cafes 204
Sugar grinding 1
Sweet manufacture 4
Wholesale food storage 1
Wholesale sweet storage 1
Wine bottler 1
2,274
STREET TRADING IN FOOD. The majority of street traders operate from approved
pitches and are licensed by the Borough Council under Section 21 of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1947.; All new applications for licences
to trade in food are referred to this department, and other than fruit and/or
vegetables and wet and shell fish licences are not recommended unless the foods