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(6) To appoint 1st October, 1954, as the date from which
it shall be compulsory to use caps or covers overlapping the
lips of containers of pasteurised milk. This gives ample
notice to milk distributors generally, and in particular to
pasteurisers, who under the Second Schedule, Part I, paragraph
7, sub-paragraph (2) of the Milk (Special Designation)
(Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, will be
required from the same date to put milk which is pasteurised
into the containers in which it is delivered to the consumer
at the premises at which it is pasteurised.
THE CREAM AND USE OF MILK (REVOCATION) ORDER
1953
This Order which came into operation on the 1st April, 1953,
revokes the Cream Order, 1951, as amended, thereby removing
control over the manufacture and sale of cream. It also revokes
the Use of Milk (Restriction) Order 1945, and the Use of Milk
(Suspension of Restriction) Order 1951, thereby removing the
prohibition on the use of milk in the manufacture of biscuits,
bread, buns, pastries, cakes, rolls, scones and other similar
products, ice-cream, sweetmeats (including sugar, confectionery
and chocolate) and synthetic cream.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1953
These Regulations, by amendment of the definition of "distributor,"
have the effect of excluding from the registration
provisions of regulation 8 of the Milk and Dairies Regulations,
1949, persons who sell cream in the hermetically sealed containers
in which it was delivered to the premises and who are
not otherwise distributors of milk.
BAKEHOUSES
At the end of the year there were 29 Bakehouses in use in
Southwark, of which 7 were underground.
During the year a Basement Bakehouse at 168, Borough High
Street was closed by the occupiers.
118 visits were made by the Inspector.
STANDARDS FOR SOFT DRINKS
The Soft Drinks Order, 1947, was revoked on December 19th,
1953, from which time manufacturers and packers of soft
drinks no longer needed licences from the Ministry of Food.