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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(A) MILK SUPPLY.
Producers.
There are now 11 cowkeepers occupying 13 separate registered
cowsheds in the district compared with 15 in the previous year.
Of these five hold licences for the production of accredited milk.
Eight only of these producers sell milk in the district by retail.
Retailers.
Including the three company distributors, there are 85 retailers
of milk in this district.
The following is a summary of the various classes of retailer:—
Number of local producers who sell milk locally 8
Number of premises from which the three multiple firms
distribute milk 31
Number of premises from which the single retailers
distribute milk 9
Number of retailers not occupying premises in the
district 12
Number of shops from which milk is sold in unopened
receptacles only 58
Licences.
The following licences were in force in respect of premises in
the district:—
Bottling or retailing of T.T. milk at premises other than
at place of production 17
(Of these, 8 belong to one firm and 2 to another.)
Supplementary licences issued to producers outside the
district to retail T.T. milk in the district 5
Pasteurizing establishments 3
Selling of pasteurized milk at premises other than
establishments where pasteurization is carried on 41
(Of these, 17 premises belong to one firm, 12
to one, 3 to one and 2 to another.)
Supplementary licences issued to producers outside the
district to retail pasteurized milk in the district 5
Milk Sampling.
26 samples of pasteurized milk were examined, of which one
gave an unsatisfactory count. Six were submitted to and passed
the phosphatase test.
One sample of accredited milk was submitted to a bacteriological
and to a methylene blue test with satisfactory results.
One of the 6 samples of ordinary milk proved unsatisfactory.