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Summary proceedings were ordered to be taken in 81 instances, but
7 of these, upon the suggestion of the Solicitor, were not proceeded with.
28 cautions were issued, the attention of the vendors was called to the
report of the Analyst in 31 instances, and no action was taken
with regard to 84 samples which did not conform (58 of these were test
purchases and not samples taken officially, the others deviated only
slightly from the standard).
Milk.—910 samples of ordinary milk were taken during the year
Of these 79 (8*6 per cent.) were reported by the Analysts to be below
the standard of the Board of Agriculture, and 94 samples were just on
the border line, making a total of 18 0 per cent, of the samples. The
percentage of adulterated (8'6 per cent.) still keeps low. The Analysts
have graded the samples submitted to them into four groups:—Good
quality, in which the fat was over 3-8 per cent.; fair quality, in which
the fat was between 33 and 3'8 per cent.; and poor or inferior
quality, in which the fat was between 3 per cent, (the official standard)
and 33 per cent., or in which the non-fatty solids were between 8'5
and 8-6 (if the fat was also below 3*8). Adulterated are those
below the official standard of 3 per cent, for fat and 8"5 for solids not fat.