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It is only fair to say that the processing plants and dairies
in this country have attained a very high standard and every
endeavour is made to ensure that the public obtains a pure safe
milk supply.
There is, however, one problem that is always with us and
that is the occasional dirty milk bottle, this problem cause, as much
concern to the dairy trade as it does to local authorities, and in
spite of all the efforts made by the trade to detect these offending
bottles one occasionally gets through to the consumer.
The public are really to blame for this problem by their
constant misuse of the milk bottle. It is well known that some
people allow these bottles to accumulate in the house, a lot of
them containing deposits of milk which sours and ferments,
children are allowed to play with them in the garden, and building
operatives are some of the worst offenders as they allow bottles
to accumulate on building sites where they become coated with
sand and cement. School authorities even are not free from
blame, as it has often been found that scholars are permitted
to use milk bottles to hold plants and as containers for washing
brushes that have been used for water colour paints.
The long-term answer to this problem is primarily to educate
the public to regard the milk bottle as a valuable returnable food
container, for the dairy to make a returnable charge on the bottle,
or to go over entirely to wax non-returnable containers which
would naturally increase the cost.
Registration of Milk Vendors
All dairies and distributors of milk must be registered with
the local authority under the Milk (General) Regulations, 1959.
Premises must comply with the conditions laid down in the
regulations, and the local authority have power to revoke or cancel
a registration for certain non-compliance of the Regulations. At
the end of the year 49 firms were on the Council register as
Retailers or Distributors.
Licensing of Milk Vendors
As Romford is a specified area, where only designated mi'k
may be sold, all retailers must be licensed under the Milk (Special
Designation) Regulations, 1960, which came into operation on
the 1st lanuary, 1961.
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