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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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50
Cream.
The Food Standards (Cream) Order, 1951, which came into force on the 30th
April, provides a standard for cream. As and from that date, no cream, whether
described as cream, single cream, pouring cream, coffee cream, fruit cream or as
any other description of cream, shall contain less than 18 per cent. by weight of milk
fat ; no sterilised cream shall contain less than 23 per cent. by weight of milk fat ;
and no double cream or thick cream shall contain less than 48 per cent. by weight of
milk fat. This Order applies equally to home-produced or imported cream and
includes cream sold by catering establishments.
The Cream Order, 1951, however, prohibited the manufacture of fresh and
sterilised cream after June 30th, and the sale of cream and the serving of cream by
catering establishments after July 2nd.
| Genuine | A dullerated | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | 241 | 4 | 245 |
| Informal | 112 | — | 112 |
| 357 | |||
Samples submitted for Bacteriological Examination:—
| Class of Milk | Results | Phosphatase | Methylene blue | Turbidity | Total No. of Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasteurised | Satisfactory | 230 | *221 | - | 235 |
| Unsatisfactory | 6 | 12 | |||
| Sterilised | Satisfactory | - | - | 62 | 65 |
| Unsatisfactory | — | — | 3 | ||
| Tuberculin Tested | Satisfactory | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| (Pasteurised) | Unsatisfactory | — | |||
| Total | 315 |
* 2 Samples not sent for Methylene Blue Test.
During the year 8 animal inoculations were carried out for tuberculosis tests.
All were negative. The milks tested were:—
Tuberculin Tested Raw 1
Pasteurised 7
Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, and
Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
The number of dairies and milk shops inspected 155
The following licences were granted:—