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Milk (Special Designations) Orders.
The following licences were issued:—
Dealers' Licences:
Tuberculin tested milk 4
Pasteurised milk 5
Sterilised milk 9
Supplementary Licences:
Tuberculin tested milk 5
Pasteurised milk 6
Sterilised milk 5
Milk Sampling.
Informal samples of milk submitted to chemical analysis totalled 61.
Four were found to be very slightly deficient in solids not fat and three slightly
deficient in fat. Further samples in these cases proved satisfactory.
The analyses of the 61 samples show the following averages:Fat—3.47%
(standard 3.0%).
Solids not fat—8.80% (standard 8.5%).
Twenty-six samples were taken for the Methylene Blue and Phosphatase
Tests and with one exception satisfied the tests. Two further samples in the latter
case proved satisfactory.
One sample of sterilised milk satisfied the turbidity test.
Ice Cream.
There are no manufacturers in the district, but a large number of premises
are registered for the sale of ice-cream.
Thirty-nine samples of ice-cream were taken and submitted to the Methylene
Blue Test with the following results :—
• Grade 1—7 ; Grade 2—19 ; Grade 3—13 ; Grade 4—Nil ;
In no case were samples found to be consistently below Grade 2, and in all
cases temperatures did not exceed 28°F.
During the year the Ministry of Food made available additional supplies
of sugar and in certain cases fat, to those manufacturers who undertook that their
ice-cream should have a minimum fat content of 2½%. Forty samples were submitted
to analysis for fat content, and all were found to contain more than 2½%
fat, the results ranging from 2.8% to 11.4%. These samples show a wide disparity
in food value. It is to be hoped that when suitable ingredients for the manufacture
of ice-cream become more readily available a satisfactory fat content standard
will be required for the sale of this popular foodstuff.