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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(A) MILK SUPPLY.
Control.
By the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1926-1943, every local authority
must keep a register of all dairies and dairymen in their district; and
no person may carry on the trade of dairyman unless he and his premises
are registered. "Dairy" includes any farm, cowshed, milk store, milk
shop, or other place from which milk is supplied on, or for sale, or in
which milk is kept or used for purposes of sale or manufacture into butter,
etc.
Production.
Little milk is now being produced locally, only 11 persons or firms
being now registered as cowkeepers. Of these, two (Dalton of Copse
Farm, Harrow Weald, and Hedges of Pinner Hill Farm) produce tuberculin
tested milk; three (Williams of Grove Farm Stanmore, Hall &
Sons, Pinner Park Farm, and A. Keene of Stanmore Hill Farm) produce
accredited milk ; while the remaining six (Emmeny of Mill Farm, Pinner
Hill; Wood, Hill Farm, Elstree ; Smith, Oxhey Lane Farm ; Perrin
of Sudbury Court Farm; Kennet House ; and Bradley of College Hill
Road) produce ungraded milk. The number of cows in milk is about 250.
Supervision of the hygiene of milk production was an important
duty of the sanitary inspector. Of recent years, great assistance has
been received from the staff of the Central War Agricultural Committee.
The provisions of the Food and Drugs (Milk and Dairies) Act, 1944, will
in due course result in the transfer to the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture
of the functions of local authorities relating to the conditions
under which milk is produced at the farm. This will leave to the staff
of the sanitary authorities the responsibility only for the state of milk
as retailed to the consumer.
Licensing.
Under the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936-43, the
special designations that might be used in relation to milk are : tuberculin
tested, accredited, and pasteurised. Licences in respect of the first two
categories are granted by the councils of counties and county boroughs,
but for pasteurised milk by the councils of county districts. Licences
are required in respect of establishments where designated milk is produced,
bottled, pasteurised or sold retail.
There are certain general conditions subject to which licences may
be granted. All arrangements regarding the production, storage, treatment
and distribution of milk must be such as to satisfy the licensing
authority. Designated milk must be kept separate at all stages from
all other milk unless it is in sealed containers. Accurate records must
be kept showing the quantities of milk produced, pasteurised and sealed.
To qualify for a licence to produce tuberculin tested milk, a producer
must arrange that every animal is tuberculin tested at intervals of six
months, and all reactors must be removed from the herd. Every animal