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and of all Dairy Farms, whereas previously this was the responsibility
of Local Authorities. Provision has been made for an
appeal to a specially constituted tribunal against any decision
of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries to refuse or cancel
registration of any Dairy Farmer or Dairy Farm.
Registration of milk distributors (who are not producers)
and of premises used as Dairies (not being Dairy Farms) remains
with Local Authorities and there is a right of appeal to a Court
of Summary Jurisdiction against the decision of a Local Authority
to refuse or cancel registration.
The above changes do not materially affect Wembley in view
of the fact that there are no Dairy Farmers or Dairy Farms in
the Borough.
The powers for dealing with infected milk have been extended
to include any disease communicable to man by consumption of
milk but a distinction has been made between instances in which
a Medical Officer of Health (a) has evidence which satisfies him,
and (b) has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is
suffering from a disease thus caused, or that milk is infected with
such disease.
In the first mentioned case (a), notice may be given, either
stopping the sale of the milk for human consumption, or making
sale conditional upon the milk being so treated as to satisfy the
Medical Officer of Health that it may safely be used. In the
second case (b), however, the notice may only provide for conditional
sale. A copy of any notice served by the Medical Officer
of Health must be sent to the Minister of Food and, where a
notice is served in respect of milk obtained from registered premises
in another district, a copy must also be sent to the Medical
Officer of Health of that district. Under certain prescribed
conditions compensation is payable to a person who sustains
damage or loss by reason of a notice served upon him by a Medical
Officer of Health. These regulations follow in many respects
the corresponding provisions of the Milk and Dairies Order but a
number of new requirements have been enacted, including the
following.
The walls of any room in which milk is handled and which
are liable to splashing by milk or otherwise, are to be smooth and
impervious; the temperature to which milk shall be cooled has
been reduced by 5°F. to 50°F.; the depositing in a Milk Room of
any articles except those used in connection with the treatment,
handling, storage and distribution of milk is prohibited; a Milk
Room must not be used for any purposes other than those connected
with milk; washing facilities, including an adequate supply
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