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During the year, 102 samples of ice cream were taken with
the following results, which show an improvement on those of
last year :—
34 samples, Grade I.
22 samples, Grade II.
15 samples, Grade III.
24 samples, Grade IV.
7 samples were not examined by the methylene blue test.
Periodical visits were made to all premises and advice given
where necessary. A code of standards was sent to each maker
and dealer in the Borough, and copies of the Public Analyst's
reports on samples taken were forwarded to the vendors concerned.
In the case of Grade III and IV samples, special
attention was drawn to the need for stricter care in the hygiene
or manufacture, handling and distribution; special investigations
were made at the premises and, where necessary, sampling
at various stages of the processes carried out in an effort to
detect some fault which may have been causing the unsatisfactory
gradings. Improvements were always apparent in
subsequent results, although unfortunately there were a few
instances—certainly a very small number—where manufacturers
did not maintain the improvement once close supervision
was relaxed.
In one sample only was it found that the minimum fat content
was below the 2.5 per cent. suggested by the Ministry of Food;
in most samples the fat content was well above the minimum.
Inspections were carried out before the registration of any
new premises to ensure that they were satisfactory and the
requirements of the Heat Treatment Regulations fully understood
and complied with.
The majority of ice cream makers in this Borough are small
one-man businesses, and it should be recorded, with gratification,
that the whole of the trade generally has co-operated to
the utmost extent to secure the highest standard of hygiene and
purity in their products.
DESIGNATED MILK
During the year the following Licences were issued under
the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949, and Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk)
Regulations, 1949.
79 Dealers' Licences for Pasteurised Milk.
109 Dealers' Licences for Sterilised Milk.
55 Dealers' Licences for Tuberculin Tested Milk.