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in bread, a foreign body in a steak and kidney pie, mould growth in a
chocolate eclair, a dirty milk bottle and mould on meat content of pork
pie.
FOOD TRADES
Details of food trades carried out on 2,111 premises situated in
the Borough are set out below:-
Aerated Water Manufacturers 1
Bakehouses, (basement) 6
Bakers shops & Bakehouses 79
Beer Bottlers 1
Butchers 171
Cake Decoration Manufacturers
1
Confectionery (sweetshops). 388
Fish, wet, fried & curing 88
Food Importers 3
Greengrocery 158
Grocery and Provisions 378
Ice cream - manufacture &
sale 591
Milk Distributors 234
Public Houses and Off
Licences 358
Preserved Pood Premises 234
Restaurants & Cafes 282
Wholesale Food Storage 33
Total: 3,006
Section 16 of the Food and Drugs Act requires the registration
of premises upon which ice cream is manufactured, stored or sold by
retail and also premises upon which preparation or manufacture of
sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food intended for
sale is carried on. The preparation of food includes the cooking of
fish and chips and also Chinese food prepared for consumption off the
premises.
Two applications for the registration of premises for the preparation
or manufacture of preserved food were granted, as were fifteen
applications for registration of premises for the sale of ice cream.
FOOD HYGIENE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1970
Regular visits were made to premises selling food to ensure that
the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970 are being complied with.
Contraventions totalling nine hundred and six were found at 184 premises.
Following an informal approach to the occupiers of the premises
concerned, it was necessary to institute legal proceedings in 16 cases
resulting in penalties totalling £658 with £95 costs being imposed.
Regulations Contravened
Regulation No. Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960 - 1966 No.
5 Food businesses not to be carried out in
sanitary premises 1
6 Cleanliness of equipment etc 12
9 Personal cleanliness 2