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millilitre, although all samples gave satisfactory results on the
phosphatase test - a test devised to indicate that pasteurised milk has
been adequately heated.
Eighteen samples of raw bulk ailk were taken froa rail tanks,
and thirty-six milk bottles immediately after cleansing in the bottle
washing machines.
During the year this pasteurising establishaent has been enlarged
and two additional "High Temperature Short Tiae" Pasteurising Units caae into
operation.
The total nuaber of ailk samples taken for examination was 216;
Tuberculin Tested milk 14, Pasteurised ailk 184, and non-Designated milk 31.
The 184 pasteurised milks satisfied the phosphatase Test. Three samples
exceeded the bacterial count prescribed by the Order and in the case of one
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) milk the saaple failed to satisfy the
Phosphatase Test.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
Three Slaughterhouses are licensed for the slaughter of animals
intended for human consumption.
The livestock (Restrictions 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 Food.
None of the three slaughterhouses is licensed by the Ministry of
Food and general slaughtering has temporarily ceased.
SLAUGHTER oF ANIMALS ACT. 1933.
Three slaughtermen were licensed as fit and proper persons to
slaughter or stun animals.