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without any specific duty in this respect being imposed on
them.
Public Health (Imported Milk) Regulations, 1926.
The Regulations require the registration by Port and
Riparian Sanitary Authorities of persons receiving imported
milk and give power to the registering Authorities, similar
to that conferred by Section 2 of the Milk and Dairies
(Amendment) Act, 1922, in regard to retailers, to refuse
registration or to remove a person from the register if the
requirements of the Regulations in regard to the condition
of the milk are not complied with. These requirements, viz.,
freedom from tubercle bacilli and a limitation of the bacterial
content, are, as the Minister is advised, such as can suitably
be applied to milk which has been submitted to a pasteurising
or other heating process which is a commercial necessity for
imported milk.
Milk and Dairies, England.
The Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, dated July 6, 1926, made
under the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915
(5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 66).
The Minister of Health in pursuance of his powers under the Milk
and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915, and with the concurrence of
the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, hereby orders as follows:—
PART I.
Short Title, Operation, Interpretation, &c.
1. This Order may be cited as the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926,
and shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1926:
Provided that—
(i) Articles 12 (1), 13 (1) and 25 shall not apply to any building
in use as a cowshed or dairy on the 1st day of October,
1926, until a period of eighteen months has elapsed after the
service of a notice by the sanitary authority drawing the
attention of the occupier thereto, and in the case of Article 25
no such notice shall be given before the 1st day of April,
1928;
(ii) Article 24 shall not come into operation until the 1st day of
April, 1927; and
(iii) Articles 27 and 29, shall not come into operation until the
1st day of October, 1928.
2.—(1) In this Order, unless the contrary intention appears:—
"Infectious disease" means dysentery and any infectious disease
to which the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889 (a) applies;
"The Act" means the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act,
1915;
"Cowkeeper" means any person who keeps one or more cows
for the purpose of the supply of milk;
"Milk" means milk intended for sale for human consumption or
for use in the manufacture of products for sale for human consumption,
and includes cream, skimmed milk and separated milk;