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SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD
(a) Milk Supply.
The milk retailed for consumption in the area is all
pasteurised and bottled.
No. of Distributors with Dairy Premises 4
No. of Distributors with Shop Premises 27
No. of Distributors from outside area 7
Licences granted by the Council under the Milk
(Special Designation) Regulations, 1960:—
Dealers' Licences:—
Pasteurised Milk 29
Tuberculin Tested Milk 32
Sterilised Milk 35
20 Samples of milk were forwarded to the Public Health!
Laboratory for the Methylene Blue and Phosphatase Tests,
and all but two were satisfactory.
(b) Slaughterhouses.
There are no slaughterhouses in the area, and the
majority of the butchers obtain their supplies through
Smithfield Market.
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