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Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933
Persons entitled to sell poisons included in Part II of the Poisons
List numbered 103 at 31st December, 1964.
Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959
At the 31st December, 1964, the following were entered in the Council's
Register of Dairies and Distributors of Milk:—
Distributors of milk with premises registered as dairies 5
Distributors of milk with premises not registered as dairies 140
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1960-63
During the year seventeen 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 latter designation as from the 1st October,
1964, was replaced by the designation "Untreated", and eighteen applications
for its use were received.
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 eighteen samples of milk were submitted for methylene
blue and phosphatase tests. The phosphatase tests of all samples were
satisfactory.
Food and Drugs Act, 1955—Section 16
Registration of premises in connection with the manufacture, sale or
storage of ice cream.
Two hundred and eighty premises are registered for the manufacture
and/or sale and/or storage of ice cream.
Registration of premises used for the preparation or manufacture of
preserved foods.
Sixty-seven premises are registered for the preparation or manufacture
of preserved foods.
Ice Cream (Heat Treatment) Regulations, 1959
During the year, 55 samples of ice cream were submitted for examination
by the methylene blue test, and were classified in the following
provisional grades as recommended by the Ministry of Health:—
Grade No. of samples
1 32
2 10
3 9
4 4