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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(A) MILK
Production
Milk is produced at only six farms in the district; at two others only
store cattle are now kept.
Tuberculin-tested milk is produced at five; at the other, ungraded
milk, which is sold wholesale.
Distribution and Licensing
Two dairies in the district are equipped with pasteurising plants and
are licensed by the Middlesex County Council.
The following are particulars of the numbers of various types of
licences issued under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1949-54,
to 37 persons or companies:—
(1) The number of premises from which pasteurised milk was
sold 52
(2) The number of premises outside Harrow from which
pasteurised milk was retailed in the district 21
(3) The number of premises from which T.T. milk was sold 47
(4) The number of premises outside Harrow from which T.T.
milk was retailed in the district 21
(5) The number of premises from which sterilised milk was
sold 48
(6) The number of premises outside Harrow from which
sterilised milk was retailed in the district 20
Supervision
During the year 38 visits were paid by Public Health Inspectors to
dairies and cow sheds in the district.
Sampling
Forty-four samples of milk were taken and submitted to the Colindale
Laboratory for analysis. All were satisfactory. This sampling is independent
of that carried out by the County Council.
Complaints
During the year fifteen complaints were received about milk bottlesTen
were about the dirty or damaged state of the bottles and the other
five about the presence of foreign matter.
(B) MEAT
Meat Inspection
Legislation as to Slaughterhouses. The Slaughterhouses Act,
1958, which received Royal Assent on 1st August and came into effect
forthwith, amends certain of the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act,
1955 relating to slaughterhouses, and also of the Slaughter of Animals
Acts, 1933 to 1954. The principle change is that the Act for the first time
provides for minimum standards for the construction and equipment of