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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(Section E.)
The inspection of food and supervision of places where food
is prepared or sold was carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors
throughout the year. No outbreak of food poisoning occurred
during the year, and, indeed, the food supply is now generally so
wholesome and free from contamination, and the methods of
handling so good, that disease or infection resulting from the
ingestion of food is a rare occurrence.
Dairies and Milkshops.
Every dairyman or purveyor of milk must be registered with
the Sanitary Authority of the district in which his dairy premises
are situated; if he retails milk in the district of another Sanitary
Authority he must also be registered with that Authority.
At the end of the year the register showed 55 classed as
dairies and 75 classed as milkshops, the principal trade of which
is not dairy produce.
Of the dairies, 28 are situated outside and operate also inside
the Borough.
The dairies and milkshops have been inspected periodically
and a high standard of cleanliness continues to exist.
These inspections have been amplified by the taking of 24
informal samples for bacteriological examination during the year.
There are no cowsheds in the Borough.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936.
Circular 1,535.
This Order, which came into force on 1st June, 1936,
revokes the Orders of 1923 and 1924 and prescribes the followingamended
special designations for milk:—
PASTEURISED Milk has been heated at 145° Fahr.
for 30 minutes to destroy any disease germs.
TUBERCULIN TESTED Milk comes from cows
that have passed the tuberculin test for freedom
from tuberculosis.
Tuberculin Tested Milk (Pasteurised) is Tuberculin
Tested Milk which is also Pasteurised.