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Shops where milk is sold only in the unopened containers in
which it is received are registered as distributors, and nine such
registrations were approved during the year. Details of premises
registered under these regulations are :
Premises on register at 1st January, 1953 97
Premises removed from register during 1953 6
91
Premises registered during 1953 9
Premises on register at 31st December, 1953 100
One hundred and seventy-nine visits were made to premises
dealing in milk, and of the 38 samples submitted for chemical
analysis, all complied with the Sale of Milk Regulations, which
provide (subject to certain exceptions) that milk shall contain not
less than 3 per cent, milk fat and 8.5 per cent, milk solids other than
milk fat.
(iii) Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilized
Milk) Regulations, 1949, and Milk (Special Designations)
(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
One hundred and eighty-four licences were granted in respect of designated

The results of 32 samples of designated milk submitted for
bacteriological examination are given on page 83, para. (v) (a).