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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.
There are 53 retailers of milk in the district, including 9
company distributing centres. The following is a classification of
the milks retailed:—
Ungraded Milk 36
Grade "A" 5
Pasteurized 3
Sterilized Milk 9
Carton Milk 15
Grade "A," Grade "A" Pasteurized, and
Certified Milk 1 each
19 retailers were registered during the year, while 5 discontinued
business. 20 dairies were registered and 4 businesses
changed hands.
There are now only 6 cowkeepers in the district.
In December, 1932, it was discovered that some converted
garages were being used as a dairy by a firm who had previously
carried on a round in this district from premises in another area.
A roundsman of this firm had, on previous occasions, been detected
bottling in the street. The firm after a while, not only carried
on as retailers but acted as wholesalers by supplying a number of
individual roundsmen with their supplies, these men using the
same premises as their dairies. In May the firm was fined 50s. Od.
for using these unregistered premises. An application was made
by the secretary of the company for registration as purveyors.
June a roundsman of the firm was detected bottling in the
street and was later fined 20s. Od. A number of samples of milk
dealt with at these premises proving unsatisfactory, in July notice
was served under Section 2 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment)
Act, 1922, to show cause why the Council should not refuse to
register them as retail purveyors. No representative of the
firm was in attendance, and later intimation was sent of the
decision of the Council to refuse to register. Before the time for
appeal against this decision had lapsed, a communication was
received in the name of another company who later applied for
registration as retail purveyors and wholesale traders. Again
the firm was given notice to appear under Section 2 of the 1922
Act on account of poor samples of milk. In spite of the appearance
this time of the representative, the Council refused to register