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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE FOOD SUPPLY.
This naturally falls under three headings:—
I. Supervision of premises where food is stored, prepared, or from
which it is sold or distributed.
II. Examination of food as to its soundness.
III. Sampling of food to determine its composition or sophistication.
These duties are distributed amongst the members of the Inspectorial
Staff and, although the Food Inspector is primarily responsible
for the purity of the food, this duty, particularly in respect of milk and
the soundness of food, is shared, but to a less degree, by all the Inspectors.
The following is a tabular statement of the visits made by Mr. Yates,
Food Inspector:— No. of Visits.
Market inspection 103
Food premises (Restaurants, etc.) 230
Fish premises 38
Slaughterhouses 192
Butchers' premises 926
Milk premises 25
Miscellaneous 68
St. George's Wharf 37
Calls (Stalls, etc.) 725
2344
Inspector Webster took over St. George's Wharf in May. He
made 169 visits to the end of the year.
I. Food Premises.
1. Milkshops. Administration of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
28 applications for registration (including 26 transfers) in respect of
premises were granted during the year. At the end of the year there
were 150 premises registered for the sale of milk. In addition to the
above, 86 persons were registered for the sale of unopened bottled milk
only, and 31 persons or firms trading from premises outside the Borough
were registered as purveyors within the Borough. One wholesale
premises (Sterilised Milk) is also on the Register. Bottling of milk
is carried out at 23 premises.
There are no cow-houses in the Borough.
During the year 320 inspections of milk shops were made by the
District Sanitary Inspectors and 25 by the Food Inspector. One
Intimation notice was served and many minor matters were remedied
as the result of verbal intimation by the Inspectors.