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of these Regulations. Under these Regulations, the only designations
that licensed dealers may use, in relation to milk sold by
them, are:—
"UNTREATED" — "PASTEURISED" — and "STERILISED"
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 receives his milk in the bottle
or container ready for sale to the consumer.
The 72 dairies and distributors who are registered with this
Council have all been granted Dealers (Pre-Packed) Licences.
Sampling
During the year 165 samples of milk were taken for bacteriological
examination. Of these, 10 failed the Methylene Blue Test
for keeping quality. Eleven samples were declared void when
they reached the laboratory due to an excessive rise in the atmospheric
shade temperature and were not included in the tests.
Of the unsatisfactory samples, 8 were from automatic vending
machines, the fault being traced to the cooling element, and
two were from small distributors, stock rotation being the cause
of the poor samples. The matters were taken up with the persons
responsible and improvement effected.
Anti-Biotics in Milk
During the year, a distributor commenced selling "untreated"
milk from an automatic vending machine.
Six samples of this milk were submitted for examination for
the presence of anti-biotics, one of which gave a positive reaction.
This was traced to a cow that was suffering from a general
infection and which the farmer was treating himself. He was not
aware that the anti-biotics would pass into the milk.
This information was passed on to the Divisional Milk Officer
of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, who are responsible
for the production of milk and "dairy farms."
Brucellosis
Two samples of "untreated" milk were submitted for the
examination of " brucella Abortus," and both gave negative results.
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