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also arrange for an examination of the caps and seals proposed to be
used, and should require the applicant to have one or more samples of
the milk submitted to bacteriological examination at his own expense.
Apart from procedure in connection with new licences, an important
duty will be to take samples of milk from time to time and arrange for
them to be submitted to bacteriological examination. The Minister
thinks it desirable that samples of "Certified" milk should be taken
on the average at the rate of about one sample a month for each producer,
the samples generally being taken from time to time from all the distributors
concerned.
The essential condition governing the sale of milk as "Pasteurised"
is that the milk must be held at a temperature between 145 deg. and
150 deg. Fahrenheit for a period of at least half an hour. This condition
will, however, not be operative until 1st July next, after which date the
"flash pasteurisation" process, by which milk is heated to a high
temperature (e.g., 170 deg. Fahrenheit) for a short period, is definitely
excluded.
In addition to making a yearly inspection of and report on the
premises of each holder of a Licence for the Council's guidance in issuing
fresh licences, frequent inspections of the premises will have to be made
during the year in order that the Council may be satisfied that the
conditions required under the various licences are being maintained.
Arrangements will have to be made for the immediate dispatch and
bacteriological examination of the samples collected. In order to facilitate
administration it will be desirable that all samples collected in
Hammersmith should be examined at one Bacteriological Laboratory.
Many applications have already been received from persons wishing
to sell "Certified" milk, and there will probably be a number of
applications to sell the lower grades of designated milk when the conditions
under which licences are granted are understood by the trade
and the public.
At the present time it is impossible to state how many applications
for licences will be received and therefore the amount of additional work
to be performed by the staff of the Council's Public Health Department
cannot be determined.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I beg to make the following recommendations :—
(a) That the Public Health Committee recommend the Council to
delegate to that Committee all powers under the Milk (Special
Designations) Order, 1922.