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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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SECTION 9 (Examination and seizure of suspected food). An authorised
officer of a council may at all reasonable times examine any food intended for
human consumption which has been sold, or is offered or exposed for sale, or is
in 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 him to be
unfit for human consumption may seize it and remove it in order to have it
dealt with by a justice of the peace.
No formal action was necessary but the following is the list of unfit foods which were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed:-
| Tons | Cwts | Weight Qtrs | Lbs | Oz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon | 1 | 17 | 15 | ||
| Bread, cakes and pastries | 3 | 8 | |||
| Butter, lard and margarine | 1 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Cereals | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Cheese | |||||
| Eggs and dried egg powder | 2 | ||||
| Fish | 10 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Flour | 1 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Fruit and Vegetables | 16 | 19 | 15 | 3 | |
| Jam and Marmalade | 6 | 17 | 8 | ||
| Tinned Meat, Poultry and game | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Carcase Meat, Poultry and game | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Milk (Evaporated and Condensed) | 3 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Pickles and Sauces | 4 | 2 | 21 | ||
| Sugar | |||||
| Sweets | 1 | 10 | 24 | 5 | |
| Tea and Coffee | 14 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 1 | 21 | 14 | |
| 23 | 2 | 16 |
DISPOSAL OF UNSOUND FOOD. Tins of unsound meat as well as carcase meat
were disposed of in the incinerator at the Millfields Disinfecting Station.
Other types of unsound tinned food were, following puncture of the tins, taken
to the Council's wharf for shipment to a controlled tip.
SECTION 13 (Regulations as to Food Hygiene)
(a) The Food Hygiene (General) Regulations. 1960 The following notices
were served -
Regulation 5 (Food business not to be carried on at insanitary premises, etc.)
Defective condition of premises 12
Regulation 6 (Cleanliness of equipment, etc )
Failure to keep equipment clean 4
Regulation 8 (Food to be protected from risk of contamination)
Food placed so as to involve risk of contamination 10
Regulation 9 (Personal cleanliness)
Failure to keep person as clean as is practicable 1
Failure to keep clothing as clean as is practicable 2
Smoking whilst handling open food 3
Regulation 14 (Sanitary conveniences)
Failure to keep clean and in efficient order 16
Failure to provide sufficient light and ventilation 3
Food room communicating directly with room containing sanitary
convenience 2
Failure to display notice "Now wash your hands" 6