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Legal proceedings — Food and Drugs Act, 1955
Summonses were issued against traders for offences under this
Act and the reasons for prosecution and the Court's findings are
given below:-
Subject of complaint Fine
Foreign matter in bridge roll £25
Mouldy apple turnover £25
Milk supply
Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959
These Regulations require local authorities to keep a register
of all persons carrying on the trade of distributor in their district
and of all premises within their district which are used as dairies,
not being dairy farms.
During the year 26 applications were received from persons to
be registered as distributors of milk. In each case a certificate
of registration was granted. Eleven notices of cancellation of
registration were received. At the end of the year there were 226
persons and one dairy on the register.
Food and Drugs Act. 1955
During the year, 100 samples of milk were submitted for
analysis to which reference is made towards the end of this
section of the report.
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963
These Regulations provide for the issue of Dealers (Prepacked
Milk) Licences under certain designations and the number of
Licences granted during 1972 is given below:-
Special designation Number of licences issued
"Pasteurised" 32
"Sterilised" 18
Milk (Special Designation) (Amendment) Regulations, 1965
These Regulations provide for the issue of Dealers (Prepacked
Milk) Licences under the special designation "Ultra-Heat Treated"
and 21 applications for such licences were received during the
year.