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Inspection and Supervision of Food.
(a) MILK SUPPLY.—All the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops in the
district were visited at irregular periods during the year to ascertain if they
were kept in a clean and satisfactory condition and in accordance with the
Regulations.
While some improvement has taken place in their general condition, the
importance of properly cleansing the cows before milking and the removal of
manure from the vicinity of the cowsheds is not yet fully realized by the majority
of the Producers of Milk.
(i) No inspection of dairy cattle by a Veterinary Inspector for the
detection of tuberculous animals is undertaken by the Council.
(ii) No milk to which any of the titles specified in the Milk (Special
Designations) Order, 1923, is applied, is produced in the district, but such grades of
milk are retailed in this area by a producer from a neighbouring district and by
one firm of distributors to whom Supplementary Licences have been granted to
sell milk to which the special designations "Certified," "Grade A (Tuberculin
Tested)," and "Pasteurized" is applied.
(iii) No refusal or revocation of registration of retailers has been made.
One application to be registered as a Producer and Wholesale Purveyor of
Milk was received during the year.
One application was also received from a person residing outside the
district, and two from persons residing in the district, to be registered as Retail
Purveyors of Milk.
There are now twenty-two persons registered in accordance with the Milk
and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, as follows:—
Wholesale Traders or Producers of Milk 7
Retail Purveyors of Milk residing in the district 7
Retail Purveyors of Milk who reside outside the district but
retail milk in the district 8
Total 22