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Milk (Special Designations) Regulations.—The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1936—1948 were superseded
on the 1st October, 1949 by two distinct sets of Regulations:—
(a) Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
The designations authorised by these Regulations are "Tuberculin Tested" and "Accredited." The use of the
designation "Accredited" is to cease after 1st October, 1954, and after 1st October, 1957, the use of the designation
"Tuberculin Tested" is to be restricted to milk obtained from attested herds.
licences are to be granted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and Dealers licences by local
authorities.
(b) Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and, Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949.
These Regulations authorise the use of the designations "Pasteurised" and "Sterilised," and where "Tuberculin
Tested" milk is subjected to either the pasteurising or sterilising process, the milk so treated may be sold as
"Tuberculin Tested Milk (Pasteurised) "or " Tuberculin Tested Milk (Sterilised)."
From 1st October, 1950, pasteurised milk is to be sold only in bottles or containers which have been filled on the
premises of persons holding licences under the Regulations, and from 1st October, 1954, the bottles are to be filled
only at pasteurising establishments. Where milk is pasteurised or sterilised on the premises of the applicant, the
licence is to be granted by the Food and Drugs Authority, and all other licences by the local authority. The Council
is, of course, the Food and Drugs Authority for the Borough, but at present there are no premises used for the
pasteurising or sterilising process.
The Milk (Special Designations) Act, 1949, under which the above Regulations are made, also provides that the
Ministry of Food may, in any area where he is satisfied that there is an adequate supply of designated milk, restrict
the sale of milk in that area to designated milk, It is probable, therefore, that in the near future it will be possible to
purchase in the Borough, no milk except specially designated milk, and which is sold under the conditions laid down in
the Regulations.
Licences in force at the end of the year were as follows:—
Dealers' Principal Licences
To sell—"Pasteurised " milk 58
"Sterilised" milk 97
"Tuberculin Tested" milk 51
"Accredited" milk —
Dealers' Supplementary Licences.
(These licences enable applicants to sell milk in the Borough from premises outside the Borough on condition
that they hold principal licences from the authorities concerned.)
To sell—"Pasteurised" milk 16
"Sterilised" milk 17
"Tuberculin Tested" milk 16
"Accredited" milk 1
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949.—These Regulations, which came into operation on the 1st October, 1949,
re-enact, with amendments, the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1926-1943. The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
becomes responsible for the registration of dairy farms and of persons carrying on the trade of dairy farmer. The
execution and enforcement of the Regulations so far as dairy farms are concerned is the responsibility of the Minister
except for those which relate to diseases communicable to man, this matter being still the concern of the local authority.
The local authority is responsible for administering the provisions which relate to milk distributors who are not dairy
farmers, and for the registration of dairies which are not dairy farms.