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Action taken with regard to Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.
The Special Food Inspector supervises the dairies and milkshops ;
there are now no cowsheds in the Borough.
The number of premises in respect of which persons are registered
as purveyors of milk is 88, comprising 42 dairies, 16 bakehouses and
confectioners, 18 restaurants and coffee shops, and 12 general shops.
During the year 261 inspections were made and 13 notices were served.
Milk and DairieS (Amendment) Act, 1922.
The provisions of this Act, except section 3, came into operation
on the 1st September, 1922, and the following are among the chief
clauses of this measure:—
Section 2 empowers a local authority under certain conditions to
refuse to register a retail purveyor of milk, or to remove such a person
from the register.
Section 2 (2) empowers the Court before whom any retailer is
convicted of an offence relating to milk or dairies, in addition to any
other penalty, to remove him from the register for such period as the
Court may think fit. The removal from the register may be absolute
or in respect of specified premises ; this will enable the Authority or
the Court to distinguish between cases in which the defect is one of
general methods and those in which it has relation only to the suitability
of particular premises or the methods practised thereat.
Section 3 continued, with modifications, the provisions as to the
grading of milk which were contained in orders made by the Food
Controller and the Ministry of Health under the Ministry of Food
(Continuance) Act, 1920. These Orders were continued in force until
the Ist January, 1923, when the provisions of Section 3 came into
operation.
The section provides that milk may not be sold as "Certified,"
"Grade A," "Pasteurised," or under any other prescribed designation,
except in accordance with a licence granted by the Minister or with his
authority. The conditions governing the use of these designations are
laid down in the following Order: —
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1922, made under Section 3 of the
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
This Order was issued on 9th December, 1922, and came into
operation on 1st January, 1923. By its provisions Metropolitan