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Milk & Dairies Order, 1926.
Registration of Dairymen and Dairy Premises.—Premises where milk
is not sold otherwise than in sealed receptacles as received, need not be
registered with the local authority, although the purveyor must be
registered.
The following table shows the number of premises and persons registered
with the Council during the year.

The inspectors paid 347 visits to milk shops and dairies during the
year. One notice was served in respect of minor defects which were
duly rectified. Proceedings were instituted in one instance in which
a sale of milk was effected to the Council's Inspector at premises not
registered as a dairy. The summons was however dismissed, the magistrate
being of opinion that the defendant was not carrying on the trade of
dairyman as a regular business.
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
Analysis of Milk Samples.—The percentage of adulterated samples
since 1925 is given in Table Ixxix below, together with the results of the
samples taken in each of the two districts of the City during 1935:—
The legal minimum standards for milk fat and non-fatty solids as
laid down in the Sale of Milk Regulations, 1901, are 3 per cent. and 8.5
per cent. respectively.
Grades of quality for milk have been set up by the analysts
according to the percentage of milk fat. They are:—
Good quality: Over 3.8 per cent. of fat.
Fair quality: Between 3.3 per cent. and 3.8 per cent.
Poor quality: Between 3 per cent. and 3.3 per cent.