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275 [1906
The following is a statement as to the quality of the milks obtained at the
Railway Stations on the week-days and on Sundays during the year 1906,
compared with the official standard.
Percentage Percentage
No. of Samples Percentage of Solids, of
Analysed. of Fat. not Fat. Total Solids.
Railway Milks 110 3.69 8.75 12.44
Week Day Milks 332 3.5g 8.52 12.11
Sunday Milks 195 3.58 8.49 12.07
Official Standard ... 3.00 8.50 11.50
For further particulars respecting the milk supply see Tables CXXXI.;
CXXXII.; and CXXXIII.
Preservatives in Milk.—In a circular, dated the nth July, 1906, the
Local Government Board urged that action under the Sale of Food and Drugs
Act with regard to preservatives in milk is desirable, and that this subject
deserves attention from all authorities in England and Wales charged with
the execution of these Acts.
In this connection the following suggestions are made for adoption by the Council where a
similar procedure is not already followed:—
1. Information from Public Analysts.
The Board suggest that public analysts should be requested:—
(a) To record in their quarterly reports how many milk samples have been examined
during the quarter with a view to ascertaining the presence of substances commonly
in use as preservatives, and with what results; and to draw the attention of the
Council to instances where the use of preservatives in milk other than boron
preservatives and formalin have come under notice.
(b) To report on completion of analysis, the facts as to the samples of milk which have
been found to contain any added preservative.
2. Administrative action where preservatives in milk are reported.
The Board would suggest that the Council should notify to milk traders, by circular or
otherwise, that action will be taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts in instances where
preservatives are reported in milk.
Subject to this being done, and to exceptional cases of the kind referred to under the
heading numbered 3 below, the Board consider that when the presence of any added
preservative is reported in a sample of milk taken in accordance with the provisions of the Sale
of Food and Drugs Acts, the case should in ordinary circumstances be regarded as one for the
institution of proceedings under those Acts.
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