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Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959.—Under the
provisions of these Regulations each person retailing milk in the
Borough must be registered as a Distributor. The number of
Distributors registered at the end of the year was 97 which total
includes 6 dairy premises.
On 47 occasions the premises of distributors and dairies were
visited other than for sampling purposes, and defects, when detected
were remedied as and when necessary.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised
Milk) Regulations, 1949/53 and The Milk (Special Designation)
(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949/54.—All milk now sold in the
Borough has been Sterilised, Pasteurised or Tuberculin Tested and
the use of these Special Designations in relation to the sale of milk
was prohibited under the above Regulations unless the distributor
was licensed for the use of same.
Licences issued in accordance with the above Regulations were
operative for one year from 1st January and were required to be
renewed annually. Principal Licences were granted to Distributors
in respect of premises within the Borough and Supplementary
Licences to Distributors who sold within the Borough but whose
premises were outside. The following licences had been granted
and were in force on the 31st December, 1960 :—
Licences In Operation
Principal Licences issued 31.12.60.
Distribution of Sterilised Milk 94 87
„ Pasteurised Milk 60 55
„ Tuberculin Tested 43 39
Supplementary Licences
Distribution of Sterilised Milk 19 not applicable from
1st October, 1960,
„ „ Pasteurised Milk 14 under the new
„ Tuberculin Tested 18 ulations.
Sampling.— Under provisions of the Third Schedule to the
first of the above-mentioned Regulations, Methylene Blue and
Phosphatase tests were prescribed, the former for assessing the
"keeping" qualities of milk, and the latter for estimating the
efficiency of pasteurisation. In addition, a Turbidity test was also
prescribed for ascertaining the effectiveness of the heat treatment
of Sterilised milk.
During the year 30 samples of milk consisting of 23 Pasteurised
milks, 4 Sterilised, and 3 T.T. Pasteurised were examined in
accordance with the prescribed tests and all proved to be satisfactory.
Since 1st October of the current year there have been alterations
made in respect of the prescribed tests under the Milk (Special