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Nothing serves the interest of food hygiene and public health more than
the economic factor. Co-operation between traders, consumers and
the Public Health Department will go a long way towards providing a
clean food supply.
MILK SUPPLY
The production and processing of milk continues to be a primary
responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries but the local
authority is responsible for the inspection of all dairies used for the
distribution of milk. In this Borough there are no pasteurisation plants
and no milk is bottled.
The Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order, 1951 came
into operation on 1st October, 1951. This Order made compulsory the
use of special designations for retail sales of milk in certain areas specified
in the Schedule of the Order and the whole of Middlesex is one of the
areas specified.
Two dairy premises were registered during the year.

Seventy-four samples of milk sold under special designations were
taken in course of delivery or from shops and submitted for
bacteriological examination. All were found to be satisfactory.
ICE CREAM
Of the three manufacturing premises in the Borough, one has ceased
to be used and the equipment has been removed. Some minor reconditioning
has been carried out at one of the two operating plants. Both
these are small and were used during the year to only a very limited
extent.
There has been a further increase in the number of premises at which
ice cream is sold and 180 premises are now registered for this purpose.
Most traders now sell only pre-packed ice cream.
Twenty-four samples of ice cream were taken during the year and
submitted for bacteriological examination. The results were as follows :
Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
21 2 1
One sample taken for examination was graded only as "fair". The
introduction of a suitable sterilent for use with the "servers" resulted
in subsequent samples from the same source being satisfactory.
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