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MILK SUPPLY
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1960
The following licences are in force in accordance with these Regulations:-
Principal
licences
Pasteurised milk 250
Sterilised milk 225
Tuberculin tested milk 165
Milk distributors on the register and 276
holding the above licences
REGISTRATION OF POOD PREMISES
The number of premises registered in accordance with sections 16-18 of the
Food and Drugs Act, 1955, as being used in respect of storage and sale is as
follows:-
Ice-cream 267
Meat and meat products 180
Fish frying 37
FOOD SAMPLING
Chemical Examination
638 samples (57 formal and 581 informal) were taken during 1963 and sent to
the Public Analyst for chemical examination, of which 5 formal and 12 informal
were found to be unsatisfactory. Details of the nature of all samples are shown in
the following table:-
Formal Informal
Genuine Unsatisfactory Genuine Unsatisfactory
Milk 52 1 134
Drugs 1 77 6
Sausages and meat products 2 41 3
Ice-cream 22
Others 1 295 3
All unsatisfactory informal samples were followed by the taking of a formal
sample. The five formal unsatisfactory samples were, in two cases, pork sausages
containing sulphite preservative which was not declared, one case sal volatile with
an excess of ammarium carbonate to B. P. C. standard, one Channel Island milk deficient
in fat and one case of a buttered roll which contained a mixture of butter and
margarine.
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