View report page

35
consistently good. These troubles accounted for the two unsatisfactory
samples mentioned below. It was gratifying to
receive a letter from the dairyman expressing his appreciation
for the help and advice accorded by the various officers of the
Department.
. The Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order,
1951, made under the Act referred to above, came into force in
Orpington on the 1st October, 1951, and from that date it became
illegal for any person to sell milk without the use of a special
designation, viz., Tuberculin Tested, Accredited, Pasteurised or
Sterilised.
All the retailers in the urban district comply with the
requirements of the Order.
Eighty-six visits were made to the twelve registered dairies
in the Urban District and the following Licences were issued in
respect of the sale of milk having a special designation.
Tuberculin Tested—Dealers' Licences 12
Supplementary Licences 2
Pasteurised— Dealers' Licences 12
Supplementary Licences 3
Pasteuriser's— Dealers Licence 1
Sterilised— Dealers' Licences 21
Supplementary Licences 2
Fifty-one samples of these milks were sent to the Pathological
Laboratory for examination and all but two passed the appropriate
tests.
Ice Cream.
At the end of the year there were one hundred and fourteen
premises registered for the sale of Ice Cream. One hundred and
sixty-seven visits were paid to these premises and a total of
fifty samples were submitted for analysis.
The Food Standards (Ice Cream) Order, 1951, which came
into operation on the 1st March, 1951, now lays down a standard
for the composition of ice cream and the three samples submitted
for chemical examination were shown to be satisfactory.
In addition to reaching a defined standard of nutrition, all
ice cream has to be heat treated in much the same way as
pasteurised milk and forty-seven samples were submitted to
test the efficiency of this treatment, which is prescribed by The
Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, etc.) Regulations, 1947, and Amendments
thereto.
The Analyst's grading of these samples indicates a very
marked improvement over the results of previous years, as shown
by the following statistics ;