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Instances have come to the notice of the department where
samples of milk purchased for the purpose of analysis and sold
from bottles have been greatly deficient in fat.
In every case these samples were obtained from bottles,
from which customers had previously been supplied, and it was
obvious that they had had the greater portion of the fat content.
It is therefore important that the retailer should ensure that
the fat content is equally distributed throughout the milk.

Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.—Under this Order
the Council are authorised to grant licences to persons other than
a producer to sell milk of special designations. These licences are
issued for a period terminating at December 31st in each year.
130 such licences were granted during 1927 for the sale of designated
milk as follows:—
Certified Milk 35
Grade "A" Tuberculin Tested 39*
Grade "A" 19
Grade "A" (Pasteurised) 9
Pasteurised Milk 28
Total 130
* Includes two bottling establishments and two supplementary licenses.
No application has been made for a licence to set up a
pasteurising establishment in the Borough.
The following samples were taken and submitted to bacteriological
examination for the purpose of ascertaining whether they
complied with the bacteriological standards laid down under the
Order, which are as follows: —
Special Designation.
Maximum
number of
bacteria
permitted
per cc.
Standard for
Bacillus Coli.
Certified Milk
30,000
Must not be found in 1 /10 cc.
Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk
200,000
Must not be found in 1/100 cc.