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(c) "Out-of-Borough " registrations (i.e., persons selling
milk in Battersea from premises in other
boroughs) :—
On register at 1st January 21
Transferred from (a) above 4
New registrations 3
On register 31 st December 28
A total of 287 visits were made to these shops during the year.
Generally they are very well conducted. In 4 cases, however, it was
found necessary to draw the occupier's attention to minor contraventions
of the statutory requirements. These were rectified without recourse
to formal action.
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949.
Enforcement of these Regulations, which relate to premises
where milk is stored, processed, or sold, is dealt with in the
preceding paragraph.
It was not found necessary to take any action under
Regulation 20, which gives power to the Medical Officer of Health
to stop the supply of milk suspected of conveying infectious
disease.
Milk (Special Designations).
Under the two sets of Milk (Special Designations) Regulations
issued in 1949, four designations are prescribed, namely, Accredited,
Tuberculin Tested, Pasteurised, and Sterilised. Accredited Milk
may not be heat-treated. Tuberculin Tested milk may be pasteurised
or sterilised, provided it is so described. Pasteurised milk must be
so treated by either the "Holder" or "High Temperature Short Time"
processes, and must comply with the "phosphatase" and "methylene
blue" tests. Sterilised milk must be filtered or clarified, homogenised,
and heated to and maintained at a temperature of not less than
212° F. for such time as will ensure that it complies with the
"turbidity" test.
All persons who pasteurise or sterilise, or deal in special
designation milk, are required to hold licences, which (except in the
case of producers of raw milk) are issued by Food and Drugs
Authorities.
The Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order, 1951,
which came into force on the 1st October, 1951, requires that all
milk sold by retail (other than in catering establishments as part
of a meal or refreshment) in the areas specified must be sold
under one or other of the special designations. Among such areas
is the whole of the County of London.