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Milk (Special Designations) Orders, 1923 and 1936.
Under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923, the Council
were authorised to grant annual licences to persons other than
producers to sell milk under the special designations known as
Certified, Grade "A" (Tuberculin-tested), Grade "A Grade "A"
(Pasteurised), and Pasteurised.
The Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, which came into
force on 1st June, 1936, revokes the Orders of 1923 and 1934, and
provides for :—
(a) the transfer from the Ministry of Health to local authorities
the duty of granting licences to producers of certain grades
of milk;
(b) The improvement and simplification of the existing milk
designations by reducing the number of grades from five to
three, as follows: (1) Tuberculin-tested, (2) Accredited,
and (3) Pasteurised.
Tuberculin-tested Milk.
Tuberculin-tested milk replaces Certified and Grade "A"
(T.T.) milks, and is now the only designation for milk obtained from
tuberculin-tested cows. This designated milk may be pasteurised,
but must then be so designated and sold as Tuberculin-tested Milk
(Pasteurised). Where Tuberculin-tested milk is bottled on a farm
the Order permits it to be described as Tuberculin-tested Milk
(Certified).
From December 31st, 1936, the present method of prescribing the
bacteriological standard by a plate count test of 200,000 bacteria
per millilitre is to be superseded for Tuberculin-tested and
Accredited Milks by the methylene blue test; the coliform test is
however to be retained for the present.
Accredited Milk.
This designation is to be used for milk previously termed
Grade A, i.e., milk from cows which are regularly inspected by a
veterinary inspector but are not tuberculin tested. This designated
milk may or may not be pasteurised. Where accredited milk is
bottled on the farm, the Order permits the words "farm bottled"
to be added to the designation.
Pasteurised Milk.
This designation still refers to milk which has been held at a
temperature of 145° — 150° F. for at least thirty minutes and immediately
cooled to a temperature of not more than 55°F. Further
conditions are imposed under the new order as to the provision of
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