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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 72 firms were on the Council's register as Retailers
or Distributors.
Licensing of Milk Vendors
As Romford is a specified area, where only designated milk
may be sold, all retailers must be licensed under the Milk (Special
Designation) Regulations, 1960.
The licensing authority under these Regulations is the Food
and Drugs Authority, therefore as Romford is a Food and Drugs
Authority we still retain these powers.
Supplementary licences are no longer necessary and a licence
holder is now permitted to sell milk outside the area of the licensing
authority without having to obtain a supplementary licence, this
provision has reduced the work of cross checking between local
authorities.
The form of licence, known as the Dealers (Pre-Packed) Licence
permits the sale of the three types of designated milk. These are
issued to the dealer who received his milk in the bottle or container
ready for sale to the consumer.
Licences are issued to cover a period of five years instead of
one year as previously.
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