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1. Dairies :
No. on register at end of 1954 9
2. Distributors :
No. on register on 1st January, 1954 124
No. of Transfers approved during 1954 . 7
No. of new applications received and approved 2
During 1954, 3 Distributors were removed from the register.
Of these, 1 ceased trading in milk, 1 where the business closed down,
and I where the premises were converted to other uses.
3. Designated Milk :
No. of licences issued :—
Dealers in T.T. Milk 58 supplementary 24
Dealers in Pasteurised Milk 73 supplementary 24
Dealers in Sterilised Milk 83 supplementary . 27
4. Quality of Milk :
No. of samples submitted to Public Analyst 73
No. of samples reported as adulterated 2
The average fat content of the milk samples was 3.52 per cent.
The average non-fatty solids content was 8.66 per cent.
5. No. of visits paid to milk premises was 118
Ice-Cream.
No. of premises registered for manufacture 24
No. of premises registered for storage and sale 109
No. of premises registered for storage only 2
Although 24 premises are registered for the manufacture of
ice cream, only 3 premises were so used during 1954. Five additional
premises were registered for the storage and sale of ice cream during
the year.
Standard for Ice Cream.
One sample of ice-cream was submitted to the Public Analyst
and complied with the prescribed standard.