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SECTION "E"—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949
These regulations, which were made jointly by the Minister of
Health, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Minister of
Food, supersede the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1926 and came
into operation on October 1, 1949. The Minister of Agriculture has
now become responsible for the registration of dairy farms, and of
persons carrying on or proposing to carry on the trade of dairy farmer,
while the local authority retains responsibility for those provisions which
apply outside dairy farms, for the provisions relating to diseases communicable
to man and for the registration of dairies which are not
dairy farms and of dairymen who are not dairy farmers.
There are a number of minor changes in the regulations relating
to buildings, the cleansing of vessels and utensils, and the distribution
of milk and its protection against contamination and infection with
disease and, in particular, provision is made for modern practices in
dairying including the use of mechanical refrigeration for cooling and
the use of approved chemical agents for the cleansing of appliances.
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations
(a) Milk (Special Designations) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
These regulations, which now apply solely to raw milk as distinct
from heat treated milk, are made jointly by the Minister of Health,
the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Minister of Food.
They provide that licences to producers of raw milk to use any special
designation shall be granted by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries,
while the local authority will continue to grant licences to dealers to
use special designations in respect of such milk. The conditions subject
to which the designations may be used are laid down in these regulations,
and where certain conditions cannot be or are not being complied with
there are provisions for the revocation, suspension and refusal of licences.
After October 1, 1957, the special designation "Tuberculin Tested"
may only be used in respect of milk from a herd which is on the Register
of Attested Herds kept by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries,
and no application to use that designation will be granted after September
30, 1954 unless the herd is registered as an Attested Herd.
After October 1, 1954 the special designation " Accredited " will
no longer be permitted to be used and no new application to use that
designation will be granted after September 30, 1952.
The regulations provide that milk sold under a special designation
shall satisfy a prescribed test. There are some minor amendments in
the procedure for the granting of licences and in the conditions subject
to which licences may be granted.