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As compared with the 69 for the years 1945-46, the percentage of milk
supplied by retail in Great Britain which was subjected to heat treatment
was 87 in 1952.
The Milk (Special Designations) Regulations set out the procedure
to which the milk has to be subjected before it can be sold under one of
these categories. The designation "accredited" was abandoned last year.
By the Milk (Special Designations) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949, licences for pasteurised and sterilised milk are granted
by the Food and Drugs Authorities; other licences are issued by the
local authority. By the Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas)
Order, 1951, the Minister specified certain areas including the whole of
Middlesex in which retailed milk had to be one of the special designations.
A retailer is obliged to obtain a licence to retail in a district even if he
has no premises in that district. On the other hand firms retailing from
two or more premises have to obtain licences for each of the premises.
A number of company distributors have many premises in this district.
There are two licensed pasteurising plants in the district, these
being at Braziers', Kenton Lane and Hall's Farm, Pinner Park.
The following are particulars of the numbers of the various types of
licences issued:—
(1) Number of premises from which pasteurised milk was sold 52
(2) Number of premises outside Harrow from which pasteurised
milk was retailed in the district 19
(3) Number of premises from which T.T. milk was sold ... 47
(4) Number of premises outside Harrow from which T.T.
milk was retailed in the district 19
(5) Number of premises from which sterilised milk was sold 48
(6) Number of premises outside Harrow from which sterilised
milk was retailed in the district 17
The earlier of the bottles containing pasteurised milk were closed
with a cardboard disc which was sunk below the lip of the bottle. This
arrangement led to risks of contamination of the milk. For many years
much of the milk has been distributed in bottles sealed with a foil cap
which has overlapped the lip of the bottle, a much more satisfactory
arrangement. From 1st October, 1954, the Milk (Special Designation)
(Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) (Amendment) Regulations, 1953,
required all bottles of pasteurised milk to be sealed with the overlapping
cap.
Up to recently retailers of pasteurised milk could buy supplies of
Pasteurised milk, bottling it at their premises. From the 1st October,
1954, it has been obligatory to bottle pasteurised milk at the premises at
which it is pasteurised.
Supervision
Although certain responsibilities about the supervision of the production
of milk passed to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
others were still left with local authorities. It would be an advantage if
the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries were obliged by regulation to