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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.—There were only two cowkeepers on the
register as producers of milk at the end of the year. One of these
was licenced by the Middlesex County Council to produce Accredited
Milk.
At the end of the year there were 171 retail purveyors of milkTwenty-three
of these registrations were in respect of premises
owned by one Company and eleven by another, and used as places
for the sale or distribution of bottled pasteurised milk received from
central depots in other districts. During the year nine new
purveyors of milk were registered with respect to premises used
for other purposes to retail milk in sealed receptacles only, and
one was registered with respect to premises to be used as a milk
distributing depot. Five retail purveyors of milk discontinued
their businesses and their names were removed from the register.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936.—Under this
Order 88 licences were granted during the year, 30 for the sale of
Tuberculin Tested Milk, one for Accredited Milk and 57 for Pasteurised
Milk.
Nine samples of pasteurised milk were taken for bacteriological
examination. In all of them the results came within the standard
laid down by the Order. Five samples of pasteurised milk were
submitted to the phosphatase test and all of them gave a satisfactory
result.
Six samples of ordinary unclassified milk were examined for
bacterial count. One of these was found to contain over 200,000
bacteria per cubic centimetre, namely 350,000.
An inspection of the dairy from which this sample was obtained
showed that probably the bottles were not properly sterilised by
reason of a broken thermometer on the sterilising chest.
Thirteen samples of ordinary unclassified milk were submitted
to the methylene blue reduction test. In five cases they did not
satisfy the test and representations were made to the dairymen
regarding the sterilisation of utensils. This effected an improvement
as further samples from these shops gave satisfactory results.