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With one exception, all these manufacturers are from outside the
district; the exception, Manufacturer J, has now given up making.
The results of the tests on the samples are given to the shopkeepers;
any unsatisfactory report is followed up with the authority in whose area
the ice cream is made and with the manufacturer direct.
The small number of samples taken during this year is barely
sufficient to give a picture of the purity of the ice cream. This can
only be obtained by frequent sampling over a fair period and now that the
necessary equipment is to hand, the frequency of sampling will be stepped
up in the forthcoming year.
DAIRIES. COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
The control of the production of milk is now vested in the Ministry
of Agriculture and Fisheries.
The local authority is responsible for the inspection and registration
of milk distributors and other dairy premises not directly concerned
with the actual production of milk, and for licensing for the sale of
Designated Milks.
This district is within the London area which was designated, as
from 1st October, 1951, a "Specified Area" under an Order made by the
Minister of Food. This Order will be Enforced by the Hertfordshire
County Council as the Food and Drugs Authority for the area. Briefly,
the Order prohibits the retail sale of any raw ungraded milk in a
specified area: only milk from tested herds or heat treated milks may
be sold by retail.