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is produced. Every licence shall be valid for a period
ending on the 31st day of December in the year in
respect of which it is granted. Application for a
licence shall be made in writing to the local authority.
The licensing authority shall require every applicant
to satisfy them that his arrangements for the production,
storage, treatment and distribution of the
milk are such as to comply with the conditions upon
which the licence may be granted.
The fee payable for a licence in respect of a shop or
premises at or from which the milk is sold is five shillings
per annum. The licensing authority has power to
suspend or revoke the licence if they are satisfied that
any of the conditions upon which the licence was
granted are not being complied with.
A licensing authority may delegate its powers to
a committee of the authority.
The order lays down certain definite conditions
applying to all holders of licences to sell graded milk,
and also definite bacteriological standards to which
the various grades of milk must conform. These,
however, are too lengthy to set out in extenso in this
report. As an example, however, and as this is the
" Graded " milk most generally sold in Fulham, the
following conditions applying to the sale of " Certified "
milk may be quoted :—
(1) The milk shall not be removed from the bottles
or the seals broken before delivery to the
purchaser.
(2) On a sample being taken at any time before
delivery to the consumer the milk shall be
found to contain :—
(a) Not more than 30,000 bacteria per cubic
centimetre ; and
(b) No coliform bacillus in one-tenth of a
cubic centimetre.