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MILK SUPPLY
Four new registrations were effected under Part III of the Milk and
Dairies Regulations, 1949.
Licences for the sale of special designated milk under the Milk (Special
Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, were
granted as follows.
New Dealers' Licences Supplementary Renewals
Dealers' Supplementary
Pasteurised 1 29 10
Tuberculin Tested 1 Nil 24 10
Sterilised 4 45 11
Thirty-six samples of milk were taken in course of delivery or from
shops and submitted for bacteriological examination. All proved to be
satisfactory.
ICE CREAM
There is only one manufacturer of ice cream in this borough and
most traders sell only pre-packed ice cream.
Six samples of ice cream were taken for bacteriological examination
with the following results:—
Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
2 4 - -
BAKEHOUSES
There are 14 bakehouses in the Borough, three of them being underground
and in respect of which certificates of suitability are in force.
Those underground are subject to special inspection every five years
under Section 54 of the Factories Act, 1937.
All bakehouses are frequently inspected to ensure that hygienic conditions
are maintained.
DRIED EGG ALBUMEN
Some mention should be made of the continuing risk of salmonella
food poisoning by infected egg albumen. Evidence of the continued
presence of this infection has been collected by the Public Health
Laboratory Service from consignments of albumen arriving in this country
from abroad. A suitable and practicable method of disinfection has now
been evolved which will eventually ensure the complete removal of the
risk. In the meantime precautions are being successfully adopted by the
food manufacturers within the Borough who must use this type of
commodity.
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