[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Basingstoke Borough.

  • Basingstoke (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Basingstoke Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A sample of Milk Bread contained skimmed milk solids instead of whole milk solids and did not conform to new' requirements affecting Milk Biead w'hich had come into force shortly before the sample w'as obtained. In the circumstances, the matter w'as taken up with the bakery company concerned and a subsequent check proved satisfactory. A jar of Home Made Mincemeat was found to be slightly deficient of soluble solids in that it contained 60 per cent instead of the minimum of 65 per cent. The vendor had been making only a small amount of the mincemeat for sale purposes and had apparently not included sufficient sugar although the fruit basis was satisfactory. The requirements were made known to the producer. A sample of what consisted of a water ice was contained in a carton marked Tee Cream’. An attempt had been made to re-label the article but this had not properly obliterated the original description and attention was drawn to the matter in order to ensure that the new labels were applied in such a way as to avoid any possible misconception. General As usual, attention was given to the provisions of the Labelling of Food Order and the Pharmacy and Medicines Act insofar as they affect the particulars required to be given with prepacked food and medicines. No complaints of consequence arose within the Borough. It should perhaps be mentioned that two prosecutions heard during the year, affected articles which had been served by a local bakery firm to purchasers outside the Borough. One concerned a fruit bun which contained a screw and the other a loaf of bread contamin- ated with mould. In connection with the latter, the firm were fined £5, with £9.3.0d. costs, but the case relating to the screw was taken against another Company who had, in fact, manufactured the bun and supplied the local bakery firm. In this case a fine of £35 was imposed, together with costs of £9.3s.9d. FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS, 1955 A total of 522 visits were made during the year to various food premises. Generally the standard of hygiene of premises was found to be satisfactory. 21 infringements of the Food Hygiene Regulations were found on inspection but these were of a minor character and were dealt with by informal action. SUMMARY Total number of visits to food premises ..... 522 Number of premises where infringements were found ... 9 Number of preliminary notices served by structural defects . . 6 Number of verbal notices . 3 Number of defects and other infringements remedied . . .11