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FOOD & DRUGS ACT,1955 (Cont.)
Foreign bodies in food (cont.)
(v) Orange Drink. A complaint was made by a local resident
concerning the dirty condition of a bottle of orange drink
delivered to her house. The Council decided that legal
proceedings be instituted against the person concerned under
paragraphs 6 and 32 of the Food Hygiene Regulations, 1955.
The retailers were fined £50. and the Council awarded
£5.5.0. costs.
(vi) Fly in Bread. A local resident purchased a wrapped
and sliced loaf of bread in which she found a fly which had
been baked in the loaf. The observations of the manufacturers
were submitted and the Council decided that a warning be sent
to them in this case.
MERCHANDISE MARKS ACTS.
The parts of these Acts for which the Council is
responsible relate to false trade descriptions of articles of
food and to the marking of certain imported foodstuffs with
an indication of the country of origin.
There appears to be a tendency for the requirements of
these Acts and the Marking Orders made thereunder to be
'overlooked' necessitating constant reminders to traders
of their obligation.
Fourteen contraventions were observed during the year
and a caution given in each case.
MILK SUPPLY.
(i) At the end of the year there were forty entries
on the register as follows:-
Distributors of milk with premises
in the Borough 24
Distributors of milk with premises
outside the Borough but retailing
in the Borough 9
Premises registered (used as Dairies) 7
(ii) Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk)
Regulations 1949 - 1 954.
Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised
and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949 - 1953.
Dealers' licences to sell designated milk were
granted as follows :-
Pasteurised milk 23
" " (supplementary) 9
Tuberculin Tested milk 18
" " (supplementary) 8
Sterilised milk 18
" " (supplementary) 8
43.