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commencement of a new business for a new proprietor to be aware of the
Regulations which exist to ensure maximum food hygiene, and his
responsibility thereunder.
The proposal has been referred to the Ministry concerned but legislation
to secure the compulsory registration of all food premises and food traders
has not yet been effected.
Provisions exist for intending street traders to make application to a
local authority for licensing or registration before they are entitled to
trade, but difficulty lies with those traders who are neither registered nor
licenced, but who flagrantly defy the law and carry on their trade, usually
in articles of food for immediate human consumption.
The standard of hygiene employed by these latter traders is often of a
low order or non-existent, and is a potential danger to public health. They
are often employed on a casual basis and have little knowledge of even the
elements of food hygiene.
Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959
At the 31st December, 1963, the following were entered in the Council's
Register of Dairies and Distributors of Milk:—
Distributors of milk with premises registered as dairies 6
Distributors of milk with premises not registered as dairies 133
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1960
During the year twelve applications were received from newly registered
Distributors of Milk for Dealer's (Pre-packed Milk) Licences for the use
of one or more of the designations, "Pasteurised" "Sterilised" or
"Tuberculin Tested"
The licence permits the sale of milk both inside as well as outside the
area of the licensing authority.
Examination of Milk
During the year 43 samples of milk were submitted for methylene blue
and phosphatase tests. The phosphatase tests of all samples was satisfactory,
but in seven cases the methylene blue test was declared void.
The prescribed test for Tuberculin tested and Pasteurised milk under
the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1960 provides that if during
the period of storage the atmospheric shade temperature exceeds 70°F,
the test shall not be applied. In the case of these seven samples, the
atmospheric shade temperature in the laboratory exceeded 70°F during
the period of storage and the test was, therefore, rendered void.