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(h) there are new provisions relating to the misuse of milk
churns, the cleansing of vessels and appliances, the storage
of cartons and non-returnable containers and the use of
bottle-washing machines for cleansing glass bottles ;
(i) the collection of milk by milk tanker from a tank on a
farm is permitted ;
(j) a person selling milk as, or as part of, a meal or refreshment
is exempted from the prohibition against opening
any receptacle containing milk or transferring milk from
one receptacle to another elsewhere than on registered
premises.
The Food Standards (Ice Cream) Regulations, 1959.—Operative
from 27th April, these Regulations, made under Sections 4 and
123 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, revoke and replace the Food
Standards (Ice Cream) Order, 1953, and prescribe amended standards
of composition for Ice Cream and Kosher Ice and introduce
separate standards of composition for Dairy Ice Cream and Milk
Ice. Alternative standards are prescribed for certain descriptions of
ice cream containing fruit, fruit pulp or fruit puree.
The Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, etc.) Regulations, 1959.—
These Regulations which came into force on 27th April consolidate
and amend the Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, etc.) Regulations,
1947-1952, and require that ingredients used in the manufacture of
ice cream are to be pasteurised by one or other of three specified
methods or sterilised and thereafter kept at a low temperature until
the freezing process is begun. It now becomes an offence to sell or
offer for sale ice cream which has not been so treated or which has
been allowed to reach a temperature exceeding 28°F. without
again being treated. Water Ices and Ice Lollies which are sufficiently
acid are exempt from the requirements.
The Labelling of Food (Amendment) Regulations, 1959.—
From 27th April, new provisions relating to Ice Cream are introduced
by these Regulations. In amending the Labelling of Food
Order, 1953, they control the labelling, marking or advertising of
Ice Cream and impose requirements concerning pre-packed ice
cream.
The Condensed Milk Regulations, 1959. Operative from the
26th June, 1959. these Regulations substantially re-enact in a consolidated
and revised form, the Public Health (Condensed Milk)
Regulations, 1923/52. New provisions have been introduced, the
principal ones being :—
(a) to provide for the sale of condensed, partly skimmed (half
cream) milk labelled "should not be used for babies
except under medical advice" ;