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Upon all occasions tbe housewife is anxious to get the best
value for her money, but with all due respect to this excellent
object, it must be stated emphatically that the practice of handling
meat and fish by numerous prospective purchasers without any
precautions involves the risk of spreading disease, and should be
controlled.
For the proper inspection of food stuffs brought into the
district, it is also necessary that the Medical Officer of Health
and Inspector of Nuisances should have power to open boxes of
provisions.
Legal Powers necessary. With the object of properly controlling
the food of the inhabitants of the district, the following
clauses are suggested for insertion in the Council's Bill to be
promoted in 1912 :—
Prohibition of Blowing or Inflating Carcases.
1. (1.) It shall not be lawful to blow or inflate the
carcase, or any part of the carcase, of any animal slaughtered
within or brought into the district.
(2.) Any person who shall offend against the provisions
of sub-section (1) of this Section, or shall expose or deposit
for sale within the district a carcase so blown or inflated, or
any part thereof, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
twenty shillings. (Acton.)
To ensure Cleanliness in the Manufacture and Sale of Food, &c.
2. The Council may make Byelaws—
(1.) For ensuring cleanliness in the manufacture
and sale of food or drink.
(2.) For preventing undue exposure, or risk of
contamination of articles of food or drink.
(3.) For providing that food and drink shall be
conveyed within or through the district under clean
conditions, and without risk of contamination.