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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
Surbiton 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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ICE CREAM
| (i) Registration: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 167 premises are registered by the Council under Section 16, Pood & Drugs Act, 1955, as under :- | ||||
| For manufacture, storage and sale | 3 | |||
| For manufacture, storage and sale but manufacture to toe limited to iced lollies | 5 | |||
| For storage and sale but not manufacture | 159 | |||
| (ii) Samples: | ||||
| 85 samples were taken, details being as follows :- | ||||
| Ice cream. | ||||
| Grade 1 | 81 | 98.781% | 100% | |
| Grade 2 | Nil | |||
| Grade 3 | 1 | 1.219% | ||
| Grade 4 | Nil | |||
| 82 | ||||
| Iced lollies. | ||||
| Grade 1 | 3 | 100% | ||
The Public Health Laboratory Service advises that owing
to the numerous factors governing the hygienic quality of ice
cream it is unwise to pay too much attention to the "bacteriological
results on any single sample. Judgement should "be "based
rather on a series of samples. It is suggested that over a
six monthly period, 50$ of a vendor's samples should fall into
grade 1, 80$ into grades 1 or 2, not more than 20% into grade 3j
and none into grade 4.
The results above show that a very high standard of
hygienic quality is being maintained both by manufacturers
and retailers.
There is now no ice cream manufactured within the Borough,
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 is a tendency for the requirements of these Acts
and the Marking Orders made thereunder to be 'overlooked'
necessitating reminders to traders of their obligation.
Three contraventions were observed during the year and a
caution given in each case. There were no prosecutions.
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