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Dealer's.
Sterilised. 9
Tuberculin Tested 1
Supplementary
Pasteurised 5
Thirty samples of milk supplied in the district were
taken. In the case of one source of supply two samples failed
to satisfy the proscribed tests. The circumstances were fully
investigated and the matter taken up with the retailer concerned.
As a result of this action subsequent samples were satisfactory.
During the course of the year it was necessary to bring
to the notice of the Council three instances of dirt or other
foreign matter in bottles of Milk. In one instance legal proceedings
were taken against the supplier, when the Court imposed a penalty
of £20.
The investigations carried out in these cases and also
during routine visits show that a large number of bottles are
being returned by consumers in a disgusting condition. The wastage
of bottles which ore no longer fit for use as milk containers is as
a result very high. From time to time an unsatisfactory bottle
slips through the elaborate system of sorting and cleansing, with
the results referred to above.
Without in any way removing from the milk distributors
a very proper responsibility to put clean milk only in clean bottles,
it is a fact that any failure to do so is indirectly the fault of a
customer somewhere, and there is little doubt that if milk bottles
were only used for the purpose for which they are intended, and
were rinsed immediately after use, there would be an end to this
typo of complaint.
MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
Regular visits were made to butchers', fishmongers',
grocers', bakers' shops, and other food premises.
A very considerable quantity of food was examined of
which the following was certified as unfit for human consumption:-
Beef 33 lbs.
Lamb 5 lbs.
Sausages 3 lbs.
Bacon 7 lbs.
Fish 476 lbs.
Cheese 18 lbs.
Butter 1 lb.
Fruit 537 lbs.
Tinned Corned Beef/Mutton 30 tins.
" Vegetables 85 tins.
"Meat 62 tins.
" Milk 189 tins.
" Fish 47 tins.
" Fruit 67 tins.
" Bacon 1 tin.
" Soup 7 tins.
" Fruit Juice 28 tins.
" Fish Paste 7 tins.
" Sausages 24 tins.
Jars Mustard Pickles 1920 jars.
Pork Pies 88
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