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Licences issued
in 1962
Total number
in force at
end of year
Tuberculin tested milk 10 166
Pasteurised milk 11 188
Sterilised milk 5 156

*Four samples of tuberculin tested (farm bottled) milk and
one sample of tuberculin tested (pasteurised) milk were
not submitted to the methylene blue test as the atmospheric
shade temperature exceeded 70°P, which is the limit
specified in the Regulations.
+ Details regarding this sample were sent to the Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations. 1969
(a) Registrations
The number of persons registered under these Regulations at the
end of the year, to sell milk from premises in the borough (including the
sale of cream in sealed containers) was 202.
(b) Unclean Milk Containers
It is an offence under the Regulations for any dairy farmer
or distributor to use for holding milk any vessel that is not in a
state of thorough cleanliness immediately before use. In the case of
bottled milk, the time "immediately before use" is considered to mean
at the time the bottle is first filled and, therefore, any offence
would be committed at the time and place of bottling.
During the year three instances of "dirty milk bottles" were
reported. In one case, details of the complaint were sent to the
local authority in whose area the milk had been bottled., In the
second case, which involved the same distributors as were concerned in
the first case, legal proceedings were taken and a fine of £2. 0s. 0d.
with £2. 2s.0d. costs were imposed. In the remaining case, a warning
letter was sent to the suppliers.
Composition of Milk
During the year, 367 samples of milk (all grades) were
submitted to the Public Analyst. Two were found to be below the
legal standards; in one case legal proceedings were taken and a
conviction obtained, and in the second case a warning was sent to
the suppliers.