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FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES 35
During the year 30 applications were received from persons to be
registered as distributors of milk. In each case the certificate of registration
was granted. Sixteen notices of cancellation of registration
were received. At the end of the year there were 225 persons on the
register, including 21 persons with premises outside the Borough.
There were two dairies on the register at the end of the year.
The bulk of the milk sold by retail within the Borough is sent out
in bottles filled in properly constructed dairies and its quality is good.
Food and Drugs Act, 1955
Two hundred and seventy-six samples of milk were submitted for
analysis. Of these 34 were samples of Channel Island and South
Devon milks with an average fat content of 4-44 per cent. The
remaining 242 samples had an average fat content of 3-62 per cent.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949-1954,
and the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurized and Sterilized Milk)
Regulations, 1949-1953
These Regulations, which came into force on 1st October, 1949,
provide for the issue of licences to persons who sell milk under any
of the following designations:
"Pasteurized"
"Sterilized"
"Tuberculin Tested"

Two distributors' (Pasteurizers') licences were granted during the
year and are included in the above figures.
A person who holds a "Tuberculin Tested" licence and a "Pasteurized"
or "Sterilized" licence may use the designations "Tuberculin
Tested (Pasteurized)" or "Tuberculin Tested (Sterilized)" as the case
may be.