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Milk Supplies
There are two large milk processing depots situated in the borough each with
its own private railway siding enabling them to receive milk by rail and road from
all parts of the country.
Raw milk is brought to these depots daily in rail tanks of 3,000 gallons capacity
and also in road tankers each holding the same amount. The amount of milk
handled by these depots is some 180,000 gallons daily. There are nine "high
temperature—short time" milk pasteurising plants in which the milk is heated to,
and retained at, a temperature of 161°F for 15 seconds, and then is cooled to below
50°F in accordance with the requirements of the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1960. There are also a number of ovens for the production of sterilised
milk.
Some of the milk is distributed in churns after pasteurisation, about 12,000
gallons is sterilised in bottles and the remainder is bottled after pasteurisation. At
one of these depots extensive cartoning of milk is now carried out and a variety of
types of cartons are filled for supply by retail sale, especially in milk vending
machines of which there are now 18 in the Borough.
At regular intervals, the Food and Drugs Inspector checks the efficiency and
working temperatures of these plants and takes samples to ensure that they comply
with the requirements of the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1960.
All samples taken from these milk plants were reported to be satisfactory.
488 inspections were made in connection with the processing of milk. Generally
the premises were found to be satisfactory.
134 persons were registered as distributors of milk and two premises were
registered as dairies at the close of the year.