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Milk (Special Designation) Regulations.
Under the above Regulations three designations are prescribed—
Tuberculin Tested, Pasteurised and Sterilised.
Tuberculin Tested milk must be supplied in a properly closed
container. If the container is a bottle, the cap must bear the address
of the premises at which the bottle was filled and the words " Tuberculin
Tested Milk." Any other type of container must be closed with a
tightly fitting cover and suitably sealed and labelled.
Pasteurised milk must be delivered in containers closed at the
dairy where they were filled, with a cap or cover over-lapping the lip
of the container and labelled " Pasteurised Milk."
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 Designation) (Specified Areas) Order, 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. The whole of the County
of London is included in such areas.
The number of licences issued by the Council for 1959 was as
follows:—
Full Supplementary
Tuberculin Tested 89 21
Pasteurised 112 21
Sterilised 137 23
338 65
One licence to sterilise milk was issued, and is included in the
above figures.
Details of examination of samples of pasteurised and sterilised milk
are given on page 37.
Ice Cream Premises.
Section 16 (a) of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, provides for the
registration of premises used for the sale, or manufacture for the purpose
of sale, of ice cream, or the storage of ice cream intended for sale. The
number of premises registered at the end of the year was 269. Prior to
registration, the premises are inspected as to suitability before recommendation
to the Health Committee. The majority of applications are
for the sale of pre-packed ice cream from refrigerated containers.
Particular attention is paid to premises where manufacture takes place,
and samples of the product are taken for examination. There are six
premises in the Borough where ice cream is manufactured.
New or amended regulations relative to ice cream came into force
during the year.