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Under the Milk and Dairies Orders 1926/1938, the inspection
of dairy herds is carried out by the Veterinary Officers of
the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the one
dairy herd situated within the Borough was the subject of
investigation by the Ministry's Divisional Officer which indicated
that no cows were infected with tuberculosis, therefore
no samples were sent for bacteriological examination.
As a consequence of the receipt of eleven complaints of
the presence of foreign bodies in milk distributed within the
district which were made the subject of investigation, legal
proceedings were instituted against four of the eleven retailers
complained of when fines totalling £28 with the addition of
£15.8s.0d. costs were imposed by the Court on the proven
offenders.
Ice Cream
Duties relating to the registration of premises used for the
manufacture, storage and sale of ice cream were carried out
under Section 16 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955.
During the year five new applications for registration were
considered and all were granted. At the end of the year there
were 619 premises on the register.
The Food Standards (Ice-cream) Regulations, 1959 lay down
standards for ice-cream But no samples were submitted for
chemical analysis due in large measure to the shortage of
Inspectorate staff.
Samples for bacteriological examination are taken from
April to September and at regular intervals during the winter
months as supplied by all manufacturers to mobile salesmen
and local retailers. Samples are repeated after unsatisfactory results.

The two unsatisfactory samples failed the Methylene Blue
Reduction test.