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PART III - FOOD
Milk Supply.
A register of Dairies and Milk Distributors (other than
dairy farms and farmers) is maintained and the numbers shown on
the Register are:-
Milk Distributors 22
Dairies 4
An Order made under Section 37 of the Pood and Drugs Act,
1955, specifying this district as one within which the use of
special designations in relation to milk sold by retail is compulsory,
is in force,
Owing to staff shortages it was not possible to take any
samples of milk for bacteriological examination. Thirty nine
samples were taken by the officers of the County Council and
all were found to be satisfactory.
Two licences were issued by the County Council in respect
of the use of the special designation "Pasteurised" for milk
processed within the district.
Twenty samples of raw milk were taken in the district by
officers of the Public Control Department of the Middlesex County
Council, and tested for the presence of tubercle bacilli; all
gave negative results.
It has not been necessary to take any action under Article
20 of the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949, to prohibit the
sale of milk.
Ice Cream,
Fifteen premises are registered for the manufacture of ice
cream but only two of these are now actually used for this purpose.
A further lie premises are registered for the sale of ice
cream; inthe majority of cases only wrapped ice cream is sold.
The methods of heat treatment laid down in the Ice Cream
(Heat Treatment) Regulations are used by both manufacturers in
the district.
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