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tins containing condensed, separated or skimmed milk must be
visibly labelled with the appropriate descriptive words in large
type.
The warranty defence may not be pleaded by a purveyor
when the sample is taken from mixed milks of more than one
seller or consignor. In the case of receiving milk from one seller
or consignor the purveyor is entitled within sixty hours to
declare the name and address of his supplier and the time and
place of delivery to him by the consignor, and require the
Authority taking the original sample to procure a further sample,
in the course of transit or delivery, from a corresponding milking
(unless this has been done previously), and if the owner of the
cows so requests, an additional sample must be taken at the place
where the cows are kept.
Power to appoint a veterinary inspector for the purpose of the
Act is given, and power is also given for the Sanitary Authority
of any district, with the approval of the Ministry of Health, to
establish milk depots for the sale of milk prepared for consumption
by infants under two years of age at not less than cost
price.
In connection with the sale of tuberculous milk the Ministry
of Agriculture and Fisheries issued an Order known as the
Tuberculous Order of 1925. This Order came into operation Ist
September, 1925, and compels the slaughter of all such cows and
any other bovine animal which may be suffering from tuberculous
emaciation or from chronic cough and showing definite clinical
signs of the disease. The owner is required to report such animal
to the Police, and veterinary surgeons are required to report such
animals to the Local Authority.
Several dairymen in the Borough, from whom samples had been
taken, availed themselves of the provisions of Section 9, and the
provisions contained in the Third Schedule to this Act, by giving
notice in writing (within sixty hours of the time the retail sample
was obtained) requesting that formal samples be taken in the
course of delivery from the wholesale firms supplying them.
12 samples so obtained were all reported to be genuine.
These samples, with one exception, were taken between 2 o'clock
and 7 o'clock in the morning.
The Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, Section 2,
empowers the Council to refuse to enter any person's name on the
register or to remove his name from that register if they are
satisfied that the public health is, or is likely to be, endangered
by an act or default of his in relation to the quality, storage or
distribution of milk.
It was not found to be necessary to remove any names from
the register.