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(b) Milk (Special Designations) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949.
The principal changes effected by these new regulations re-enacting
with amendments the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1936 to
1948 so far as they relate to pasteurised milk and providing for a new
special designation " sterilised milk " are consequent upon the provisions
of the Food and Drugs (Milk and Dairies) Act, 1944 and the
Milk (Special Designations) Act, 1949.
In accordance with the first mentioned Act, as modified by the
Transfer of Functions (Food and Drugs) Order, 1948, regulations dealing
with the special designations of raw milk are made jointly by the Minister
of Health, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Minister
of Food and are contained in separate regulations, the Milk (Special
Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949. The Milk (Special Designation)
(Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, made jointly
by the Minister of Health and the Minister of Food, are, therefore,
concerned only with the special designations of heat-treated milk.
Pasteurised milk must be heated to a temperature between 145°F.
and 150°F. for a period of 30 minutes, or to a temperature of 161°F. or
above for a period of at least 15 seconds, and then cooled to a temperature
not exceeding 50°F., or it may be heated to such other temperature for
such a period as may be approved by the Minister of Food. Sterilised
milk is required to be filtered or clarified, homogenised and heated in
bottles to a temperature not below 212°F. for such period as to ensure
that it will comply with a prescribed test. The regulations provide for
the use of the special designations "Tuberculin Tested Milk (Pasteurised)
" and " Tuberculin Tested Milk (Sterilised)."
From a future date to be appointed by the Minister of Food, a flow
diversion device must be fitted to pasteurising plant in which the milk
is heated to a temperature higher than 150°F. and bottles or other
containers must be securely fastened with an overlapping cap. From
October 1, 1950, pasteurised milk may only be sold in bottles or other
containers which must be filled on the premises of a person holding a
licence under these regulations. From October 1, 1954, the bottles
or other containers must be filled at the pasteurising premises.
(c) Milk (Special Designations) Licences
Number of licences issued for
the sale of pasteurised milk (dealer's) 42
the sale of tuberculin tested milk (dealer's) 40
the sale of sterilised milk (dealer's) 54
the sale of accredited milk (dealer's) 2
supplementary 54