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satisfactory results on the phosphatase test - a test devised to
indicate that pasteurised milk has been adequately heated.
Twenty-four samples of raw bulk milk were taken from rail tanks,
and twenty—four milk bottles immediately after cleansing in the bottles washing
machines.
During the year this pasteurising establishment converted their
existing original plant into a "High Temperature Short Tine" pasteurising unit
and several improvements as a result of special tests carried out by the Department
over a period of 3 months wore made to ensure that the requirements of the
Milk (Special Designations) Order 1936 to 1941 were being fulfilled. In addition
to the talcing of weekly samples 9 special samples from various points in the milk
pipe-line were found on examination to be satisfactory; a licence was subsequently
granted.
The total number of milk samples taken for examination was 162:
Tuberculin-Tested milk 5, Pasteurised milk 115, and non-Designated milk 42,
The 115 pasteurised milks satisfied the Phosphatase Test, although in addition to
the one sample mentioned above, in two samples taken from another dairy the
bacterial count exceeded the prescribed standard. The dairy concerned was in an
adjacent district and representations were made to that Local Authority.
Of the five Tuberculin-Tested, one sample failed to conform to the proscribed
test. This milk was not bottled in on establishment in Hendon and a copy
of the report on its examination was forwarded to the appropriate licensing
Authority,
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
Three Slaughterhouses are licensed for the slaughter of animals intended
for human consumption.
The livestock (Restriction on Slaughtering) Order 1940, made under the
Defence (General) Regulations 1939, prohibits the slaughtering of animals for human
consumption except under the terms and conditions of a licence granted by, or under
the authority of, the Minister of Pood.
None of the three slaughterhouses is licensed by the Ministry of Food
and general slaughtering has temporarily ceased.