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UNSOUND FOOD.
The following were brought to the notice of the Department,
found to be unfit for human food, and destroyed :—
Tons
cwts.
qrs.
lbs.
Fresh Meat
1
10
0
6
Fresh Fish
-
1
3
19
Fresh Fruit
1
18
2
5
Tinned Goods
-
-
2
0
Total
4
1
0
2
MILK PREMISES.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
Twenty milksellers were registered under the above Act
during 1926, and 27 names were removed from the Register,
making a total of 206 milksellers on the Register at the end of
the year under report.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923.
During the year under report, the following Licenses were
granted :—
Dealers' Licenses :—
To bottle and sell Grade " A " (Tuberculin Tested)
Milk 9
To sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk 23
Supplementary Licenses : —
To sell " Certified " Milk 4
To sell Grade "A" Milk 4
To sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk 6
To sell "Pasteurised" Milk 4
FOOD AND DRUGS.
In Table IX. of Appendix will be found a list of the samples
taken in 1926, and the action taken; 1,566 samples were taken,
compared with 1,553 in 1925, and 1,330 in 1924. Of these 4.1
per cent. were found adulterated, compared with 2.8 per cent. in
the previous year, and 2.2 per cent. in 1924.