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to take samples of milk at places outside their district, and to take
from carts, vans, or other vehicles samples of milk which there is
reason to believe is to be sold in the district; and (iv) legislation
embodying the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on
Preservatives and Colouring in Poods.
These powers were resolved upon in the effort to control milk
supplies by the Local Authority. But the Council further decided
on the following amendments as to the Control of the milk supply in
the Metropolis, which would affect the milk supply in Finsbury:—
(v) Constitution of Central Milk Authority.—That the London
County Council should be constituted the Central Milk Authority,
invested with the control of the milk supply to the Metropolis up to
the time of the entry of the milk into the particular Borough to
which it may be consigned, when the duty would devolve, as at
present, upon the Borough Council concerned.
{vi) Certification of Source of Supply.—That the London County
Council should be empowered to prohibit the entry into the County
of London of any milk unless and until the farm or other place
supplying it has been certified by a Medical Officer of Health and a
Veterinary Surgeon, having the necessary powers of inspection, in
the employ of the Council of the county concerned, or, in default,
by such Officers in the employ of the London County Council, as a
suitable place as regards the health of the animals, and the
conditions under which they are kept, and the manner in which the
milk is handled generally.
(vii) Cancellation of Certificates.—That the London County Council
should be empowered to forthwith cancel any such certificate as
above-mentioned upon any outbreak of infectious disease attributable
to milk, or for any other sufficient reason, without the delay
occasioned under the existing law.
(viii) Local Powers.—That powers similar in effect to those above
indicated be vested where applicable in the Metropolitan Borough
Councils as regards supplies produced in cow-sheds or other places
n their respective districts.