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Milk.
On October 1st various new enactments came into force. These
were:—
1. Food and Drugs Act (Milk and Dairies), 1944.
2. Milk and Dairy Regulations, 1949.
3. Milk (Special Designations) Act, 1949.
4. Special Designations (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
5. Special Designations (Pasteurised and Sterilised) Regulations,
1949.
They provide for a closer supervision of the various designated
milk supplied and of the conditions under which all milk is treated
and handled. They provide for the first time for the use of the
designation " Sterilised."
Striking changes have taken place in the Milk Trade in recent
years and comparatively little milk is handled in the Borough, the
majority of it being bottled outside the Borough and sold as received.
This change in character is still continuing. It does not refer to the
considerable quantities treated and bottled at 116/120, Goswell
Road by the City of London Dairies under a licence for pasteurisation.
The new application for registration as milk distributors have
been in connection with the sale of sterilised milk.
1. Dairies:
Number registered on 1st January 45
There were no applications for registration or cancellations
during the year.
2. Milk Distributors:
Number registered on 1st January 88
Number of Transfers approved 11
Number of new applications received and
approved 19
No registrations were cancelled other than as a result of transfer.
3. Designated Milks:
Number of licences issued:—
Pasteurisers 1
Dealers in T.T. Milk 32 supplementary 5
Dealers in Pasteurised Milk 67 supplementary 6
Dealers in Sterilised Milk 54 supplementary 3