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FOOD INSPECTION.
Foodstuffs of all descriptions are constantly under
inspection to see that they are fit for human consumption.
During the year a variety of foods which were not
fit were surrendered by the owners and destroyed by burning
or salvaged for animal feeding..
The total weight of such goods was:-
15 cwts: 2 qrs: 16 lbs: 6 ozs.
There is no slaughterhouse in use in the Borough,
consequently no meat inspection is carried out except in
butchers' shops.
Twenty-three samples of various kinds of food were
taken for bacteriological examination as a routine measure
to check on fitness for food.
FOOD HYGIENE.
Forty-three premises are registered tinder section 16
of the Food & Drugs Act, 1955, for the preparation or
manufacture of sausages, or potted, pressed, pickled or
preserved food intended for sale, and ten premises for the
preparation of preserved food intended for sale for human
consumption (being the preparation of fish by any process
of cooking).
1,030 visits were made to these premises and to shops,
canteens, restaurants, public houses, food handling businesses,
and vehicles to ensure the maintenance of a proper standard of
hygiene and to examine food intended for sale.

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