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Of the 239 samples which were subjected to the
Phosphatase test at the Park Hospital Laboratory, 230
passed the test and nine failed.
All the samples which failed the Phosphatase test
were from the same Dairy. In all these cases of failure
corresponding samples had been tested in the Dairy's own
laboratory and reported as satisfactory. The recording
graphs used in the tests were checked, as was the pasteurising
temperature. No fault was detected in the equipment.
Further samples were immediately taken and all passed the
test.
Twenty-three samples of Sterilised or Tuberculin
Tested Sterilised milk were submitted to the Park Hospital
for the Turbidity test, and satisfactory results were
reported on all the samples taken.
The practice of taking samples of milk in the course
of the early morning delivery to schools, hospitals, and
institutions in the Borough was continued during the year.
Nineteen samples were submitted for chemical analysis,
21 for the Phosphatase test, and 21 for the Methylene Blue
test. Satisfactory reports were received on all the
samples.
Inspections of the premises of Milk Distributors were
carried out regularly. In two cases it was necessary to
serve notices to remedy defects found.
The various tests referred to above are now contained
in the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1960 which
consolidate and re-enact with amendments previous Milk
(Special Designation) Regulations. The principal changes
made by the new Regulations are that dealers' licences,
except for a few kinds which will be granted by the Ministry
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, will be granted by the
Food and Drugs authority for the area within which are
situated the premises at or from which the milk is to be
pasteurised, sterilised or sold, and licences so granted
will permit sales outside as well as inside the area of
the licensing authority. Thus, supplementary licences
are discontinued.
A dealer's pre-packed milk licence is introduced to
permit the sale of all three kinds of special designated
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