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treated before sale to the consumer; the production
and consumption of T.T, milk will be
further encouraged. Concurrently with these
measures arrangements will be made to subject
to heat treatment as high a proportion of milk
other than T.T. and some accredited milk as is
practicable. Every effort will be made to
provide all schools with heat treated milk, T.T.
milk or milk exclusively from single accredited
herds.
This White Paper marks definite progress but
some gaps would still remain. Accredited milk,
for example, does not ensure safety for the consumer
even in respect of tuberculosis. The
bacteriological examination of accredited milk is
restricted to tests for cleanliness and "there is
no guarantee against the presence of tubercle and
certain other pathogenic organisms. It is to be
pointed out also that in the present state of the
milk industry T.T. milk has only some guarantee
regarding the absence of tubercle bacilli but none
regarding the absence of certain other pathogenic
germs. At the present time T.T. milk would be
all the safer if it were heat-treated as well.
Food Poisoning.
Eleven notifications were received regarding
food poisoning, one person being admitted to
hospital.

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