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Milk The Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order,
1953, operative from 1st May, extended to a further
four areas, the compulsory use of special designations
in relation to the retail sale of milk. The Milk (Special
Designations) (Specified Areas) (No. 2) Order, 1953,
increased by a further four areas the section of the
country now to use such special designations and came
into force on 2nd December.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurisedand Sterilised
Milk) (Amendment) Regulations, 1953, which came into
operation on 20th December, appoints 1st October, 1954
as the date from which it shall be compulsory to use
overlapping caps on containers of pasteurised milk.
The Regulations also allow milk to be sterilised in cans
or other suitable containers as well as in bottles.
The Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Regulations, 1953,
effective from 27th December, excludes from registration
requirements of the principal Regulations persons
who sell cream in hermetically sealed containers in
which it is delivered to the premises and who are not
otherwise distributors of milk.
The Public Health (Condensed Milk) (Amendment)
Regulations, 1953, introduced on 11th November,
permit, for a limited period, the sale of full cream
unsweetened condensed milk imported by the Minister
of Food containing not less than 7.8% milk-fat and not
less than 25.5 % of all milk-solids including fat.
The Cream and Use of Milk (Revocation) Order, 1953,
came into force on 1st April and revoked the amended
Cream Order, 1951, thereby removing control over the
manufacture and sale of cream. It also revoked the
Use of Milk (Restriction) Order, 1945, and the Use of
Milk (Suspension of Restriction) Order, 1951, thereby
removing the prohibition on the use of milk in the
manufacture of biscuits, bread, buns, pastries, cakes,
rolls, scones and other similar products, ice-cream,
sweetmeats (including sugar confectionery and chocolates)
and synthetic cream.
Several Statutory Instruments were introduced concerning
the price of Milk and a number of amendments
to the Milk and Dairies Regulations were received
regarding approved oxidising agents.