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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(A) MILK SUPPLY.
Producers.
There are now 11 cowkeepers occupying 13 separate registered
cowsheds in the district, the same number as in the previous year.
Of these five hold licences for the production of accredited milk.
Eight only of these producers sell milk in the district by retail.
Retailers.
Including the three company distributors, there are 90 retailers
of milk in this district.
The following is a summary of the various classes of retailer:—
Number of local producers who sell milk locally 8
Number of premises from which the three multiple firms
distribute milk 32
Number of premises from which the single retailers
distribute milk 8
Number of retailers not occupying premises in the
district 13
Number of shops from which milk is sold in unopened
receptacles only 63
Licences.
The following licences were in force in respect of premises in
the district :—
Retailing of T.T. milk at premises other than at place
of production 18
(Of these, 8 belong to one firm, 2 to one, and 2 to
another.)
Bottling of T.T. milk at premises other than at place
of production 1
Supplementary licences issued to producers outside the
district to retail T.T. milk in the district 3
Pasteurizing establishments 5
Selling of pasteurized milk at premises other than
establishments where pasteurization is carried on
(Of these, 18 premises belong to one firm, 12 to
one, 3 to one and 2 to another.)
Supplementary licences issued to producers outside the
district to retail pasteurized milk in the district
Milk Sampling.
17 samples of pasteurized milk were examined, of which two
gave unsatisfactory counts; 15 were submitted to and passed the
phosphatase test, two being unsatisfactory.
Of seven samples of tuberculin-tested milk submitted to
bacteriological analysis, one proved unsatisfactory.
All the six samples of ordinary milk proved satisfactory, as
did the one sample submitted to the phosphatase test.