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SECTION V.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.—In accordance with statutory enactments, the Council
keeps a register of persons carrying on the trade of dairymen or purveyors
of milk and no person is permitted to carry on the trade in the Borough
unless he is registered. The Council is empowered to remove the name
from or refuse to enter upon the register the name of any person selling
or proposing to sell milk on premises which are for any reason unsuitable
for the purpose.
The Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, further empowers the
Council to refuse to enter the name of any person in the Register, or
to remove the name of any person from that Register, if it is shown
to the Council's satisfaction that the public health is or is likely to be
endangered by any act or default of such person in relation to the quality,
storage or distribution of milk.
The premises at which registered purveyors of milk carry on their
business have been subject to frequent inspection. During the year two
applications were made for registration as purveyors of milk, which, after
appropriate investigation, were approved by the Council. In Table No.
33 (page 46) is shown the alterations which took place in the Register
of Milk Purveyors during the year.
During the year there were 170 inspections of dairies and milkshops
made in the Borough. Notices were served requiring remedy of defects
found on three of the premises visited. There are no cowsheds in the
district.
Milk (Special Designations) Order.—During the year the Milk
(Special Designations) Order, 1936, came into effect.
This Order reduced the number of Grades from five to three and the
following Table, No. 39, shows the number of licences granted for the
sale of milk under the special designations prescribed by the Order of
1936. There were 25 applications from 11 retailers under the Milk (Special
Designations) Order for licences to sell special grades of milk. All these
licences were granted. In each case the licence was granted for the
purpose of authorising the dealer to sell specially designated milk from
shops within the Borough. No application has been made for a licence
giving authority to set up bottling or pasteurising establishments in the
Boroueh.