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Unclean milk containers
It is an offence under these Regulations for any dairy farmer or
distributor to use for holding milk any vessel that is not in a sate of
thorough cleanliness immediately before use" In the case of bottled
milk, the term "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.
Seven complaints were investigated during the year. One case
was referred to the local authority in whose area the bottling plant was
located and the remaining cases were dealt with by informal approach to
the producers at the request of the complainants.
Composition of Milk
During the year, 119 samples of milk (all grades) were submitted
to the Public Analyst for examination., Five were found to be unsatisfactory.
In one case, legal proceedings were instituted and the
remaining four cases were dealt with informally.
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Channel Islands and South Devon Milk
The Milk and Dairies (Channel Islands and South Devon Milk)
Regulations 1956 require that all milk for human consumption sold under
the specific description of "Channel Islands Milk", "Jersey Milk",
"Guernsey Milk" or "South Devon Milk" must contain not less than four
per cent by weight of milk fat. This compares with the presumptive
milk fat standard of three per cent specified for ordinary milk by the
Sale of Milk Regulations, 1939. Fifteen genuine samples were taken
during the year and the average percentages of milk fats and non-fat
solids exceeded the legal minimum standards.
Other Milk
Average percentages of milk fat and non-fatty solids of the 103
genuine samples of milk, other than Channel Islands and South Devon
milks, taken during the year exceeded the legal minimum standards.
Ice-cream
The Food Standards (Ice-cream) Regulations 1959 prescribe standards
for ice-cream and introduce separate standards for "dairy ice-cream" (or
"dairy cream ice" or "cream ice").
The Labelling of Food (Amendment) Regulations 1959 prohibit the
labelling, marking or advertising of ice-cream in a manner suggestive of
butter, cream, milk or anything connected with the dairy interest unless
the ice-cream contains no fat other than milk (except such as may be
introduced by the use as an ingredient of any egg, flavouring substance
or emulsifying or stabilising agent), but permit the presence of skimmed
milk solids to be declared. These Regulations also provide that it is
an offence to sell under the description "ice-cream" any pre-packed
ice-cream which contains fat other than milk fat, unless it bears on
the wrapper or container a declaration "Contains non-milk fat" or, if
appropriate, "Contains vegetable fat" in type of a prescribed minimum
size.