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In addition to those taken for chemical analysis samples of
Special Designated milk were submitted for the phosphatase,
methylene blue and turbidity tests.
During the year the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949 and
the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1949, came into
force and became operative on the 1st October.
A brief comparison of the old and new regulations showing
the more important alterations made in the law may be of
interest.
The Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949, which revoke the
Regulations of 1926/1943 also re-enact those Regulations
with amendments.
The description "Distributor" is new, and is defined as a
person trading as a dairyman elsewhere than at or from premises
in relation to which he is registered as a dairy farmer. A dairy
farmer means a dairyman who produces milk from cows, and
under Part 3 (Para. 8) no person shall carry on the trade of
distributor or use any such premises as a dairy, not being a
dairy farm, unless he, or as the case may be, those premises are
registered. Except in the case of a purveyor of milk, both the
premises and the person must be registered with the Local
Authority, and unless a person is a dairy farmer, he must now
be registered as a distributor.
In the general provisions relating to buildings and water
supplies, certain premises must not be used which are so
situated as to lead to the risk of contamination of the milk. It
has been said that this provision is vague, but it may be found
useful in cases where adjoining premises are unsuitable by
reason of the trade or business carried on.
Useful new provisions are made in respect of the construction
of the floor and walls of all buildings or part of buildings,
except where milk is solely or mainly dealt with by way of
retail sale.
Under the 1926/1943 Regulations producers only were
required to bring the temperature of milk down to 55°F; now
the dairy farmer and distributor must cool milk, with certain
exceptions, to 50°F, providing in the case of the latter, the
milk has not been previously cooled.
Some new points in connection with the protection of milk
against contamination are given in Part 3 (Para. 21) which
prohibits the handling, processing or storing of milk in any
room or part of a building which communicates directly by the
door, window, or otherwise with a boiler house, fuel store, or a
room in which an internal combustion engine is operated.
Except in premises where milk is kept in sealed containers,
the occupier must provide facilities for persons to wash and
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