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School Milks
Eighteen samples were sent for chemical examination and fifteen
were sent for bacteriological examination.
Milk (Special Designations) Act
Thirty-three samples were submitted.
Foreign Bodies in Food
Several instances were found of foreign bodies in food. In the main,
insufficient evidence was available to ensure successful prosecution and
the makers of the food in question were submitted.
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949-50
Dealers Licences issued:
Tuberculin Tested Milk 20
Pasteurised Milk 59
Sterilised Milk 104
Supplementary Licences issued:
Tuberculin Tested Milk 15
Pasteurised Milk 15
Sterilised Milk 18
FOOD AND DRUGS ANALYSIS
Food and Drugs Analysis
During the year, 485 samples were submitted for analysis under the
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, by your Sampling Officers. These samples
were also examined wherever applicable under the Defence (Sale of
Food) Regulations, 1943, the Food Standards Orders, 1944-51, and the
Labelling of Food Orders, 1946-51.
Of the total number, 45 were taken formally, in accordance with the
procedure prescribed under the Food and Drugs Act, the remaining 440
being undivided, or informal samples.
The Public Analyst, Dr. H. Amphlett Williams, Ph.D.(Lond.),
A.C.G.F.C., F.R.I.C., has submitted the following report on milk
sampling:—
" I have pleasure in furnishing the following particulars, summarising
the composition of the milk samples submitted for analysis during the
year 1953.
72 samples of milk were submitted for analysis during the year, of
which 42 are understood to have been taken on Sundays and 30 on
week-days. This is the lowest number of milk samples submitted in any
year since I have been associated with the Borough (1934).
One sample of milk was reported as " adulterated," being 5 per
cent, deficient in fat, giving an " adulteration " percentage of 1.4.
The average percentage composition of the samples is shown in the
following Table, with the averages of the six preceding years for comparison: