View report page

23
Under the Milk (Special Designations) Order 50 principal
licences were granted—including five in respect of pasteurising
establishments and two in respect of establishments at which Tuberculin
Tested Milk is bottled—and seven supplementary licences were
granted. One hundred and twenty-six samples were taken of milk
sold under special designations and, upon examination, only six of
these were found not to conform to the requirements of the Order.
The practice of submitting all samples of pasteurised milk to the
Phosphatase test was again followed and 13 samples reported
"positive" by this test were subsequently examined for tubercle
bacilli with negative results.
Premises required to be registered for (a) the manufacture,
storage or sale of ice-cream, or (b) the preparation or manufacture
of sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food, in accordance
with Section 14 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, were
inspected, and four notices were served on the occupiers in respect
of unsatisfactory conditions, but in no case was it necessary to take
Court proceedings.
The number of premises on the register at the end of the year
were:—
Manufacture, storage or sale of ice-cream 411
Other premises required to be registered 187
As in the case of other registered food premises, some of
these premises were closed, but sufficient data was not available to
allow alterations to the register. In no case was it necessary to
refuse registration or remove any premises from the register.
Sixteen notifications of food poisoning were received, mainly
referring to isolated cases. None was of a serious nature and there
were no outbreaks of food poisoning.
The names and addresses of 120 persons remained on the
Council's list of persons entitled to sell poisons under Part 2 of
the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1938. No legal proceedings were
taken in respect of offences under the Act.