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Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Republic of Turkey, Romania,
Singapore, South Africa, South West Africa, Spain, Swaziland,
Switzerland, United States of America, Uruguay and Yugoslavia.
MILK
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 persons so registered at the end of the year was 200.
On 32 occasions the premises of distributors and dairies were
visited other than for sampling purposes but in no instance was
action required.
The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963 and 1965
There is one milk processing plant in the Borough in respect of
which a Dealer's Pasteuriser's Licence was in force on 31st December,
1968, as were the following licences in relation to milk
obtained in pre-packed form for sale to the general public :—
In Operation
31.12.68
Distribution of Sterilised Milk 177
„ „ Pasteurised Milk 143
„ „ Untreated Milk 64
„ Ultra Heat Treated Milk 20
Sampling—Under provisions of the aforementioned 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.
One hundred and eighty-nine samples were submitted for the
Methylene Blue test, of which 6 failed. "Follow-up" samples taken
in respect of the 6 which failed proved satisfactory
Satisfactory reports were received in respect of 231 milk samples
submitted for the Phosphatase test.
Thirty-one samples of Sterilised Milk were submitted for the
Turbidity test and all proved satisfactory.
Analytical Examination of Milk—A total of 93 formal samples
of designated milks were submitted for chemical analysis and all
proved to be genuine.
Eight samples of cream were taken and found to be genuine.