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Grocers 157
Greengrocers 78
Ice Cream Dealers 227
Ice Cream Manufacturers 16
Clean Food Propaganda.
Our policy of utilising the public notice boards included within
its scope propaganda in this field as well as in other branches of hygiene.
Every opportunity is taken by the staff when giving talks to local
organisations to emphasize the importance of clean food and the vital
role that can be played in achieving this end not only by our staff but
by the consumer. It remains for me to repeat that the buyer of food
is in a position of privilege in demanding the highest standards by
manufacturers and vendors. So far as our staff is concerned the day
to day visit of the Inspector to the actual premises of the manufacturer
or vendor in which the circumstances can be seen and discussed on
the spot represents what I regard as the most useful path towards
our goal.
Milk.
Our only local pasteurising plant which was noted in last year's
report as having behaved 'temperamentally' has now been replaced
by a plant which is giving more satisfactory achievement and in fact
no unsatisfactory samples from the plant now being used have been
reported in spite of close supervision. 55 methylene blue and phosphatase
test samples were examined.
There are 13 milk distributors with registered premises in the
district. There are also 13 firms registered as milk distributors in
Hornehurch whose premises are registered in other districts. In
addition 36 shopkeepers are registered for the sale of bottled milk only.
Milk—Special Designations.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Specified Areas) Order 1953 came
into operation on 2nd December 1953 and designated this area as one
within which the use of special designations in relation to milk sold
by retail became obligatory. This means in effect that the sale of
raw undesignated milk in this district is no longer permissible. The
practical effect of this will not be great because we have for long had
only a very small per centage of raw milk sold in the district.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations
1949, and The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and
Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949:
The number of licences issued by the Council during the year
was as follows:—
Dealer's (Pasteuriser's) 1
Dealer's Pasteurised 27
Supplementary Pasteurised 7
Dealer's Sterilised 45
Supplementary Sterilised 8
Dealer's Tuberculin Tested 16
Supplementary Tuberculin Tested 6