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Milk Supply.
The Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949, came into force on
1st October, 1949, and as from that date the responsibility for
supervising our 21 farms passed to the Ministry of Agriculture and
Fisheries. This 1 greatly regret, since I feel that an Authority as
interested in the work as we were could exercise a ready and
valuable influence in achieving and maintaining high local standards
of milk production.
To regret the diminution of direct local control is not always
to evince parochialism, and the relative remoteness and impersonality
of a central authority dealing directly with the smaller units of
a scheme makes unusually onerous their task of exercising effective
and sympathetic local control.
It was found necessary to serve informal notices in two cases
for infringements of the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1926-1943.
There are 14 milk retailers with registered premises in the
District, including 4 producers who are registered both as producers
and retailers. There are also 4 persons registered as milk retailers
in Hornchurch whose premises are registered in neighbouring
districts.