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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
u nder 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
re given on page 34.
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 270, 9 having
been added and 3 removed during the course of the year.
These premises are regularly inspected and particular attention
is P aid to premises where manufacture takes place. Not only are
the P re mises, plant and methods of operation scrutinised, but samples
of the products are taken for examination by the methods suggested
by the Ministry of Health. There are 6 such premises in the Borough.
Fish Shops.
Shops in which fish, either cooked or uncooked, is sold, or where
the cur ing or smoking of fish is carried on, are regularly inspected.
There are 47 such Shops i n th e Borough. 268 inspections were made.
It was not found necessary to serve any notices in respect of these
shops during the year.
Street Stalls.
All street stalls from which food for human consumption is
sold are re gularly inspected and, where the food sold is stored in the
Borough, the storage places are also inspected. It was not found
necessary to take any formal action during the year.