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Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.

The inspectors paid 272 visits to milk shops and dairies during the
year and it was not found necessary to serve any notices.
During the year delivery of milk put in cartons of papier mache at the
farm was introduced by a dairy firm. This method involves a minimum
of handling and the possibilities of filling milk into unwashed bottles and
other insanitary customs cannot occur. The containers are delivered to
the consumer sealed up as they left the farm and when empty can be
immediately destroyed. Grocers and provision dealers have taken up
the marketing of this product; their premises do not require to be registered
as dairies, but they themselves must be registered as dairymen.
In 1931, 9 were thus registered and 4 samples of this milk proved genuine
on analysis.
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.
During the year 66 milk sellers took advantage of the provision contained
in 3rd Schedule of the Milk and Dairies Act, 1915, to request the
Local Authority to take samples from the consignors at the place of
delivery. The form of written request is prescribed in the Schedule,
and although 50 of the requests were in proper legal form, 16 were quite
inadmissible in that they specified neither time nor place where the samples
could be taken nor did they express a request for such samples to be
taken. It is important to note that there is no obligation on the Local
Authority to take the extra samples from the consignor unless the. request
is submitted in due legal form and lodged with the authority within
60 hours of the taking of the original sample. Unless the precise
requirements of the schedule are observed a warranty cannot be
pleaded.
All the 66 samples were found on analysis to be " genuine."