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indicating and recording thermometers and the keeping of temperature
records. Stricter surveillance of pasteurising establishments to
ensure the continued efficiency of the plant, the methods employed,
and the use of the phosphatase test for determining whether or not
milk has been properly pasteurised are required by this Order.
Alteration in the requirements for capping milk bottles has
also been permitted.
Plate count tests are prescribed for "Tuberculin-tested Milk
(Pasteurised)" and for the "Pasteurised" grades.
This Council as a licensing authority has decided to charge
five shillings per annum for each licence issued by them other than
supplementary licences, for which a charge of two shillings is to
be made. Licences expire on December 31st in each year.
Licences were granted under the Milk (Special Designations)
Order, 1923, in respect of the period 1st January—3lst May, 1936,
as set out in the subjoined table.
Principal
License.
Supplementary
Licenses.
Nature of License.
Licenses to —
Sell Certified Milk
6
-
Bottle and sell Grade "A" (T.T.) Milk
2
-
Sell Grade "A" (T.T.) Milk
25
2
Sell Grade "A" Milk
3
-
Sell Grade "A" (Pasteurised) Milk
9
-
Sell Pasteurised Milk
4
77
122
6
Totals
The following licences were granted under the Milk (Special
Designations) Order, 1936, during the period 1st June —31st
December, 1936.
Nature of License.
Principal
License.
Supplementary
License.
-
Licenses to—
Sell Tuberculin-Tested Milk
1
Sell Pasteurised Milk
5
-
6
Totals
-
Total for Year
134
Bacteriological and Chemical Analysis of Milk.
During the year 16 samples of Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested)
Milk and 65 samples of Pasteurised Milk were submitted to the
Council's Bacteriologist for examination for the purpose of ascertaining
whether they complied with the bacteriological standards