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# FOOD IN RELATION TO HEALTH AND DISEASES.
## INSPECTION AND CONTROL OF FOOD SUPPLIES.
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177. The laws dealing with this subject are the Health and Buildings Ordinance and the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance, both of which are administered by the Sanitary Department. Stall-holders and hawkers, who come under the Licensing Ordinance, 1887, are licensed by the Police.
178. 80 samples of fresh milk were submitted for analysis under Section 12 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance, of which 75 were found to pass the standard and 5 to be below it. In addition, the following samples were seized and submitted:-
179. Apricot jam 1, Beer 1, Biscuits 6, Bread 49, Butter 15, Cheese 1, Chocolate 3, Coffee 14, Condensed milk 6, Flour 36, Ghee 3, Groundnut oil 13, Lard 11, Mustard 1, Pineapple 1, Rice 3, Sugar 10, Sweets 15, Tinned Products 26, Unsweetened Evaporated Milk 1, and Vinegar 1.
180. Prosecution was undertaken in one case where the sample failed to satisfy legal requirements.
181. The following foodstuffs were seized and destroyed under Section 82 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance:--
Fruit2,104 lbs. Vegetables44,925 lbs. Fish3,731 lbs. Biscuits62 lbs. Meat731 lbs. Cereals6 lbs. Preserves and Condiments798 lbs. Wheat312 lbs. Tinned Milk586 lbs. Lard1 lb. Flour3,920 lbs. Coffee2 lbs. Coconut Oil100 lbs. Curry Paste3 lbs. Dairy Products105 lbs.182. The following foodstuffs were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed:--
Fish301 lbs. Vegetables106 lbs. Meat43 lbs. Preserves and Condiments95 lbs. Eggs3 lbs. Fruit136 lbs. Dairy Products6 lbs. Cereals40 lbs. Biscuits12 lbs. Flour21 lbs. Tinned Milk17 lbs. Wheat4,420 lbs.## MARKETS, SLAUGHTER HOUSES AND DAIRIES.
183. Markets. The markets come under the Sanitary Department. There is urgent need for larger and better markets in the City of Victoria. These are being provided as funds permit.