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Shop cleansed and painted 1
Washing facilities, etc. improved 2
Dairv cleansed and limewashed 1
The. Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised.
Milk) Regulations, 1949 and 1950 and The Milk (Special Designation)
(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949 and 1950.—All milk now sold in the
Borough has been Sterilised, Pasteurised or Tuberculin Tested and
the use of these Special Designations in relation to the sale of milk
is prohibited under the above Regulations unless the distributor is
licensed for the use of same. The special designation "Accredited"
is coupled with "Tuberculin Tested" in the Milk (Special Designation)
(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949, in order to obtain absolute
control of the sale of milk so designated.
Licences issued in accordance with the above Regulations are
operative for one year from 1st January and are required to be
renewed annually. Principal Licences are granted to Distributors
in respect of premises within the Borough and Supplementary
Licences to Distributors who sell within the Borough but whose
premises are outside. The following licences had been granted and
were in force on the 31st December, 1950:—

Sampling.—Under provisions of the third Schedule to the first
of the above-mentioned Regulations, Methylene Blue and Phosphatase
tests have been prescribed, the former for assessing the
"keeping" qualities of milk and the latter for estimating the
efficiency of pasteurisation. In addition, a Turbidity test is also
prescribed for ascertaining the effectiveness of the heat treatment
of Sterilised milk. During the year 40 samples of milk, 37 of
Pasteurised and 3 of Sterilised, were submitted to these tests and
only one failed to reach the required standard. Particulars of this
sample were forwarded to the Ministry of Food for any action
considered necessary. A further sample was tested for "tubercle
bacilli" by the animal inoculation method and at the end of the
requisite period the animals wcro certified " free from tuberculosis."