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Milk in Sealed Containers.
During the year 42 persons were registered to sell milk in sealed containers, and 19 were
removed from the register. At the end of the year there were 158 persons on this register.
Milk Sampling out of Office Hours.
Requests are received from time to time from other Metropolitan Boroughs for samples
of milk to be taken by the Food Inspectors at railway stations within St. Pancras early in the
morning.
The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, which came into force on September 1st,
1925, provides for this duty, and Section 8 (4) of the Act states: "The Authority requiring
the samples to be taken shall be liable to defray any reasonable expenses incurred, the
amount whereof shall, in default of agreement, be settled by the Local Government Board
[Ministry of Health]."
The Council decided in February, 1902, that any firm or person requesting a sample
of milk to be procured in course of consignment should be required to pay a fee of 10s. 6d., but
no charge had been agreed with other Borough Councils requesting our Inspectors to take
samples on their behalf. The samples have to be taken very early in the morning, usually
between 3 and 4 a.m.
After consideration by the Public Health Committee, it was decided that the fee fixed
by the Council in 1902 should be adopted in respect of samples taken under the Milk and
Dairies (Consolidation) Act, and the following recommendation was approved by the Council:—
That any Local Authority requesting the Food Inspectors of this Authority to
take a sample of milk in course of consignment from a consignor to a consignee be
required to pay at the time of making the request a fee of 10s. 6d. for a sample or
samples from any one source, and that the fee be handed over to the Inspector
undertaking the sampling.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
The production, distribution and standards of purity of the various grades of milk sold
under special designations are governed by powers contained in the Milk and Dairies (Amendment)
Act, 1922, and the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
The special designations comprise the following:—
"Certified," "Grade A (tuberculin tested)," "Grade A," "Grade A (pasteurised),"
and "Pasteurised."
Licences to producers of "Certified" and "Grade A (tuberculin tested)" Milk are
granted by the Minister of Health, subject to compliance with conditions which are specified in
the Order.
Licences to sell Milk under the various special designations and for the production of
Pasteurised Milk are authorised to be granted by the Borough Council.
Any such licence is valid for not more than one year and expires on December 31st in
each year.