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of which full licences were valid during the year were used for
the purveyance of both "Tuberculin Tested" and "Pasteurised"
milk.
Of the remainder 22 were used for "Tuberculin Tested"
milk only (one for bottling) and 20 for " Pasteurised " milk.
It is worthy of note that since the term was first adopted in
the Order of 1936 no application has been made to the Council for a
licence to sell " Accredited " milk.
A cautionary letter was by order of the Committee addressed
to a vendor who was found to be dealing in designated milk without
holding the necessary licence.
The bacteriological examination of samples of milk is referred
to on page 110.
A new Order—the Milk (Special Designations) Amendment
Order, 1938—came into force on 1st April. It is chiefly concerned
with the changes resulting from the transfer to the Ministry of
Agriculture of certain veterinary functions previously carried out
by inspectors of some local authorities. The Council are not
concerned with this aspect of the new Order, but as licensing
authority they are given a new power of requiring the provision
in a pasteurising apparatus of such number of indicating and
recording thermometers as they consider requisite.