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Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.—Under the Order the council are authorised to grant
licences to persons other than producers to sell milk under special designations. Every licence
granted is valid for a period ending on the 31st December in the year in respect of which it is
granted. The Order lays down a schedule of fees to be paid by applicants for licences.
The licences granted in 1931 were as follows:—
(a) Dealers' licences to use the designation "Certified Milk" 13
(b) Dealers' licences to use the designation "Grade A (Tuberculin
Tested) Milk" 14
(c) Dealers' licences to use the designation "Pasteurised Milk" 41
In all but three cases the licences were granted for the purpose of authorising the dealers
to sell specially designated milk from shops within the borough. No application was made
for a licence to set up a pasteurising establishment within the borough.
During the year, six samples of "Certified Milk," two of "Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) Milk,"
and 24 of "Pasteurised Milk" were taken for the purpose of ascertaining whether they complied
with the bacteriological standards laid down in the Milk (Special Designations) Order,
which are as follows :—
Maximum number of
Special class of milk. bacteria permitted per c.c. Standard for bacillus coli.
"Certified Milk" 30,000 Must not be found in one-
tenth c.c.
"Grade A. (Tuberculin Tested) Milk" 200,000 Must not be found in one-
hundredth c.c.
"Pasteurised Milk" 100,000 No standard provided.
The results of the examinations, together with the action taken, are shown in the following
tables:-
"Certified Milk."
Coli per
Sample collected on Bacteria per 1 c.c. l/10th c.c.
21st April 2,900 Nil.
2nd June 1,490 „
5th August 4,800 „
11th August 820 „
15th September 2,800 „
17th November 1,500 „
"Grade A. (Tuberculin Tested) Milk." Coli Per
l/100th c.c.
21st April 6,000 Nil.
16th December 1,180 „
"Pasteurised Milk."
Sample collected on Bacteria per 1 c.c. Action taken.
24th March 4,600
24th March 12,100
14th April 3,600
14th April 5,600
12th May 43,000
12th May 6,900
2nd June 386,000 Proceedings :—* Fined £5 and £10 10s. 0d.
costs.
1st September 3,880
1st September 82,000
8th September 3,080
8th September 14,900
15th September 3,400
9th October 196,000 Proceedings :—†Fined £5 and £2 2s. Od.
costs.
9th October 1,222,000 †do.
9th October 187,000 †do.
9th October 562,000 †do.
14th October 458,000 No action taken.
14th October 112,000 No action taken.
4th November 5,600
4th November 8,900
10th November 6,800
17th November 6,200
24th November 38,000
24th November 35,000
* In this case the defendant was also fined £1 for selling pasteurised milk in the borough without having a licence.
†These four samples were taken from the same vendor, who was also fined £5 and £2 2s. costs for selling pasteurised
milk in the borough without having a licence.