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or Tuberculin Tested and the use of these Special Designations in
relation to the sale of milk is prohibited under the above Regulations unless the distributor is licensed for the use of same.
With the coming into force of the new Regulations, the granting
of Supplementary Licences (issued to firms who sold within the
Borough but whose premises were outside) has been discontinued
and, in accordance with these Regulations, licences (which previously were annually renewed) have a fixed five year period at
the end of which they become renewable for a further five years.
No milk processing plants are located in the Borough and all
licences granted were in relation to milk obtained in pre-packed
form for sale to the general public. The following licences had
been granted and were in force on the 31st December, 1962: —
Licences In Operation
issued 31.12.62.
Distribution of Sterilised Milk 1 92
„ „ Pasteurised Milk 2 65
„ „ Tuberculin Tested 1 42
Sampling.—Under provisions of the Third Schedule to the
above-mentioned Regulations, Methylene Blue and Phosphatase
tests are prescribed, the former for assessing the "keeping" qualities
of milk, and the latter for estimating the efficiency of pasteurisation.
In addition, a Turbidity test is also prescribed for ascertaining the
effectiveness of the heat treatment of Sterilised milk and, with
regard to Tuberculin Tested Milk, the new Regulations have introduced a further test—the clot-on-boiling test.
During the year, 22 samples of milk consisting of 7 Pasteurised and 15 T.T. Pasteurised were examined in accordance with
the prescribed tests. Of these, one sample of T.T. Pasteurised milk,
taken from a machine, failed the Methylene Blue test but the
'follow-up' sample proved satisfactory.
Analytical Examination of Milk.—All designated milks being
sold in the Borough were sampled, including those of the superfatted variety, viz., Channel Island, Jersey, South Devon, etc. A
total of 18 formal samples were submitted to chemical analysis
and all proved to be genuine.
Two samples of cream were sampled and found to be genuine.
Summaries of samples taken from L.C.C. Schools and Nurseries
for chemical and bacteriological examination continued to ba
furnished regularly to that authority.