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39.
MILK AND DAIRIES REGULATIONS
Five dairies have been registered under the above
regulations.
Four further Dealer's (Pre-Packed Milk) Licences under the Milk
(Special Designation) Regulations, 1960, were issued during the year, two
being in respect of Pasteurised Milk and two bearing the new designation
"Untreated" which replaced Tuberculin Tested" in October 1964.
Eight visits were made to the dairies during 1964.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND SLAUGHTERMEN
No slaughterhouses were licensed during the year, but licences
were issued to six slaughtermen under the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1958„
RESTAURANTS, HOTELS AND CANTEENS
One hundred and five visits were made to these premises during the
year. In four cases defects requiring the attention of the owner were dealt
with by informal action.
BUTCHERS' SHOPS
One hundred and sixty-nine detailed inspections were made of the
forty-eight retail butchers' shops in the area.
The butchers work in close collaboration with the Public Health
Department, and during the year called upon the services of the District
Inspectors in connection with carcase meat suspected of being unsound, as a
result of which 1198 lbs of meat were condemned as being unfit for human
consumption. In no case was there any evidence of unsound meat being exposed
for sale.
BAKEHOUSES
Forty-two inspections were made of the eleven premises during the
year, and in seven cases defects were found which required the attention of
the department.
MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT, 1926
Thirty-six visits were made to premises during the year in
connection with this Act. No contraventions were detected.
GAME ACT 1831
Five licences were renewed during the year.