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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, the same number as 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 88 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 32
Number of premises from which the single retailers distribute
milk 8
Number of retailers not occupying premises in the district 10
Number of shops from which milk is sold in unopened
receptacles only 66
Licences.
The following licences were in force in respect of premises in
the district:—
Retailing of T.T. milk at premises other than at place of
production 16
(Of these, 7 belong to one firm, 2 to one, and
2 to another.)
Bottling of T.T. milk at premises other than at place of
production 2
Supplementary licences issued to producers outside the
district to retail T.T. milk in the district 4
Pasteurizing establishments 4
Selling of pasteurized milk at premises other than establishments
where pasteurization is carried on 39
(Of these, 18 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 ^
Two applications for the licensing of pasteurizing establishments
were received in respect of premises at which it was considered
that application should be refused on the grounds that the
apparatus used did not pasteurize all the milk. The plant provided
an ingenious arrangement for automatic operation, but suffered
from the defect that each holder was served by a pipe, a very small
length of which acted as the inflow and outlet passage for the milk,
with the result that a small volume of the milk escaped admission
to the holder each time and was therefore not pasteurized. One of