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FOOD.
Dauit's, Cowsheds and Milk shops.
The number of registered dairies and milkshops in the Borough at the end of
the year was 154. Eleven dairies and milkshops were newly registered, and eleven
removed from ibe register.
Tn addition to my inspections the Sanitarv Inspectors made 159 inspections
of these premises, and two notices were served for sanitary defects or breaches
of regulations.
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
This Act received the Royal Assent on the 4th August, 1922, and came into
operation on 1st September, 1922. It empowers local authorities under certain
circumstances to refuse to register a retail purveyor of milk or to remove such
person from the register. It also provides for the sale, under licence, of milk
designated as "Certified," "Grade A," or "Pasteurised." The existing Order
prohibiting the addition of colouring matter, etc., to milk is continued and
extended The Act also prohibits the sale of milk from a cow suffering from
tuberculosis of the udder. Other Sections deal with regulations respecting
imported milk, penalties, proceedings, etc. The Act will be administered by the
local authorities concerned with the enforcement of the Sale of Food and Drugs
Acts. It is a matter for regret that the power to refuse registration or remove
from the register is limited to "retail" purveyors and does not include wholesale
dealers or producers.
In connection with the registration of retail milk sellers compliance is required
with the provisions of the Regulations as to Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops,
and with the following requirements: —
1. The lighting and ventilation should be sufficient.
2. No room which is used as a sleeping room should communicate directly
with the room or shop in which the milk is sold or stored.
3. The premises should be so constructed that every part of the interior
is capable of being maintained in a satisfactory state of cleanliness.
4. There should be no inlet to any drain in the room or place in which
milk is sold or stored.
5. Efficient means of cleansing the milk vessels, either by steam or hot
water should be available.
6. A plentiful supply of water should be provided, and where a storage
cistern is necessary such cistern should be properly covered and ventilated and so
placed as to be readily accessible.
7. No premises should be registered where it is possible that milk may be
stored in close proximity to any article capable of contaminating such milk, as
for instance, paraffin, fish, coal, vegetables, etc.
8. No premises should be registered if there is a manure pit or other offensive
accumulation in close proximity.
9. Efficient means for the storage and removal of house or other refuse
should be provided.
It is unfortunate that, by a decision of the Appeal Court, restaurants and
eating houses are not required to be registered for the sale of milk by retail.
However, a considerable number of such establishments in the Borough apply