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At ports where milk and milk products are received from foreign
countries, any costs that may be thus incurred in their examination
shall be borne by the importers.
E.—Cowsheds, Byres, &c.
10. We recommend that the Local Government Board be
empowered to require local authorities to adopt regulations as to
dairies, cowsheds, &c., where that shall be found not to have been
done already.
11. That in future no cowshed, byre, or shippon, other than
those already registered, shall be permitted or registered in urban
districts within 100 feet of any dwelling house; and that the
discontinuance of any one already existing shall be ordered on the
certificate, either of the medical officer of health that it is injurious
to the health of human beings residing near it, or of the veterinary
inspector that it is not a place wherein cows ought to be kept for the
purpose of milk supply, and that it is incapable of being made so.
12. That the conditions of the attached cowsheds that shall
warrant the registering of a dairy in a populous place, whether
technically urban or rural, in the future shall include the following:—
1. An impervious floor.
2. A sufficient water supply for flushing.
3. Proper drainage.
4. A depot for the manure at a sufficient distance from the byres.
5. A minimum cubic contents as regards such districts of from
600 to 800 feet for each adult beast varying according to the
average weight of the animals.
6. A minimum floor space of 50 feet to each adult beast.
7. Sufficient light and ventilation.