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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
MILK
The Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959
These Regulations re-enacted with amendments the Milk and Dairies
Regulations, 1949 to 1954. At the end of the year there were 127
persons registered for the distribution of milk from premises within
the borough.
There are no premises in the borough used as dairies.
Milk (Special Designations) Licences
Licences, to expire on December 31, 1965, were issued during the
year as follows:—(the total numbers now current are shown in brackets)
for sale of pasteurised milk 11 (118)
„ sale of tuberculin tested milk 5 (91)
„ sale of sterilised milk 9 (128)
Examination of heat-treated milk
39 samples of pasteurised milk and 32 samples of tuberculin
tested (pasteurised) milk were submitted for examination during the
year and all were found to be satisfactory.
Analysis of milk
During the year under review, 49 samples of milk were submitted
for examination to the public analyst by the Council's inspectors; all
were found to be genuine. The average composition of the samples is
set out in the following table:—

The legal standard is 3.0 percent milk fat and 8.5 percent solids not fat.
(total solids 11.5%)