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least 15 seconds, after which it is immediately cooled to a temperature
of not more than 50CF. But the regulations do make provision
for any new method which may be found suitable in tli
future which may be specified by the licensing authority with the
approval of the Minister.
At some future date to be fixed by the Minister, all pasteurised
milk containers must be securely fastened with a cap or cover
overlapping the lip of the container.
As from the 1st October, 1954, pasteurised milk must be put
into the containers in which it is to be delivered to the consumer
at the premises where it is pasteurised.
Samples of pasteurised milk must satisfy the prescribed
methylene blue and phosphatase tests.
Sterilised milk must be filtered or clarified, homogenised and
heated to, and maintained at, such a temperature, not less than
212°F. for such a period as to ensure that it will comply with the
prescribed turbidity test and the bottles must be sealed with an
airtight seal.
Licences to pasteurise or to sterilise milk are now granted by
the Food and Drugs Authority, whereas dealers' licences are
granted by the Local Authority. The new regulations have had
the effect of taking away from the Borough Council the power to
grant licences to pasteurise milk hitherto possessed by the Borough
Council or to sterilise milk by reason of the fact that the Middlesex
County Council are the Food and Drugs Authority for the
whole of Middlesex. Thus the somewhat anomalous situation has
been brought about that both officers from the County Council
and the Sanitary Officers of the Borough Council are required to
visit dairies in which pasteurisation or sterilisation is performed.
In other words there is overlapping in the duties of the officers
of the County Council and the Borough Council which could be a
source of irritation to the licensees and is probably not in the
best interests of efficient local administration.
The number of dealers' licences to sell designated milk issued
by the Borough Council during 1949 was 117 details of which are
given in the statistical appendix.
It is interesting to record that all of the milk sold in the
Borough is designated milk and is either pasteurised or sterilised,
with the exception of a small quantity of Tuberculin Tested milk.
3. CLEAN FOOD ASSOCIATION. A conference of persons
interested in the formation of a Clean Food Association was
held in the Town Hall on the 27th October, when it was more
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