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"Certified" milk. Report.—Animal inoculations with respect to one of the two samples
submitted gave a positive result for Brucella Abortus.
The facts concerning the sample of "Certified" milk which was found to contain the
Brucella Abortus organism were transmitted to the Ministry of Health and to the Medical Officers
of Health of the Metropolitan Boroughs.
The results of other samples analysed or bacteriologically examined are recorded elsewhere in
this Report under the appropriate headings.
Summaries of the results of analyses made by the Public Analyst during the year are given
below.
The results of legal proceedings are summarised on page 57.
In connection with the analysis of milk samples, the Public Analyst furnishes the result of his
analysis and the following table is of interest. It may be noted that the Ministry of Agriculture
standards for presuming milk to be adulterated are 3 per cent. for fat and 8.5 per cent. for non-fatty
solids. These standards are generally considered to be rather unfair to the consumer and the deduction
to be made from the table is that the milk sold in Paddington is, generally speaking, of average
natural strength.