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and Drugs Authority, which for this area is the Greenwich Borough
Council.
A licence is now required under the first of the above Regulations
for the sale of 'Sterilised' milk and, in addition to the Phosphatase
and Methylene Blue tests for Pasteurised milk made necessary by
these Regulations, a 'Turbidity' test for Sterilised milk has been
instituted, the latter test indicating the standard of efficiency of the
sterilising process. The method of taking samples and the carrying
out of the prescribed tests are elucidated in the Schedules to the
above Regulations.
Payment of fees for licences is now discontinued.
The Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949, re-enact the Milk and
Dairies Regulations, 1926/43, with amendments, the main alteration
being that all producers and their premises (now to be known as
Dairy Farmers and Dairy Farms respectively) are to be licensed by,
and come under the jurisdiction of, the Ministry of Agriculture and
Fisheries. As required by the Regulations, all milksellers with
premises either within or outside the Borough and who trade in
Greenwich were registered by the Council as 'Distributors' of milk
and any premises where milk is handled or sold other than in the
properly closed and unopened vessels in which it is delivered were
registered as Dairies. Such foregoing requirements do not apply in
the event of the milk being consumed on the premises.
In the Regulations minor changes have been made relating to
buildings, the cleansing of vessels and utensils and the distribution
of milk and its protection against contamination and infection.
Milk Supply.—This is under the direction of the Milk Marketing
Board, the supplies,'in the main, coming from the Home Counties
with the addition of a small quantity of highly-fatted milk from
Devon and the Channel Islands. Heat treatment is general and the
quality has proved to be most satisfactory.
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949.—These Regulations,
which came into force at the latter end of the year, supersede the
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, and the Milk and Dairies
Regulations, 1926/43. Under the Regulations the Food Inspectors
made 180 visits and, as a result of their inspections, the following
defects were remedied by informal action:—
Dairies cleansed and limewashed 1
Shop cleansed and painted 1
Provision of hot and cold water 2
At the time of the inception of the new Regulations, i.e. 1st
October, 1949, the previous register of Dairies and Milkshops was