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Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949.
Enforcement of these Regulations, which relate to premises where
milk is stored, processed, or sold, is dealt with in the preceding
paragraph.
It was not found necessary to take any action under Regulation 20,
which gives power to the Medical Officer of Health to stop the supply
of milk suspected of conveying infectious disease.
Milk (Special Designations).
Under the two sets of Milk (Special Designations) Regulations
issued in 1949, four designations were prescribed—Accredited, Tuberculin
Tested, Pasteurised and Sterilised.
The following deferred provisions of these Regulations came into
operation on the 1st October, 1954:-
The designation "Accredited " ceased to be used.
Tuberculin Tested milk must be supplied in a properly closed
container. If the container is a bottle, the cap must bear the address
of the premises at which the bottle was filled and the words "Tuberculin
Tested Milk." Any other type of container must be closed with a
tightly fitting cover and suitably sealed and labelled.
Pasteurised milk must be delivered in containers closed at the
dairy where they were filled, with a cap or cover over-lapping the lip
of the container and labelled "Pasteurised Milk."
All persons who pasteurise or sterilise, or deal in special designation
milk, are required to hold licences, which (except in the case of producers
of raw milk) are issued by Food and Drugs Authorities.
The Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order, 1951.
requires that all milk sold by retail (other than in catering establishments
as part of a meal or refreshment) in the areas specified must be sold
under one or other of the special designations. The whole of the County
of London is included in such areas.

One licence to sterilise milk was issued, and is included in the
above figures.
Details of examination of samples of pasteurised and sterilised milk
are given on page 40.
Ice Cream Premises.
The number of premises registered for the manufacture, storage,
and/or sale of ice-cream at the end of the year was 264, 35 having been
added and 9 removed during the course of the year.
These premises are regularly inspected, 253 visits being made,
Particular attention is paid to premises where manufacture takes place,
and not only are the premises, plant, and methods of operation