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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(A) MILK
Production :
There are now five farms in the district producing milk. Store cattle
are kept at two farms. Four out of the five farms produce tuberculintested
milk ; the milk from the other farm is sent to a wholesaler for
processing.
Distribution and Licensing :
Milk is pasteurised at two dairies in the district, the plants being
licensed by the Middlesex County Council.
The following are particulars of the numbers of various types of
licenses issued under the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations,
1949-54, to thirty-seven persons or companies :—
(1) The number of premises from which pasteurised milk
was sold 61
(2) The number of premises outside Harrow from which
pasteurised milk was retailed in the district 18
(3) The number of premises from which T.T. milk was sold 52
(4) The number of premises outside Harrow from which
T.T. milk was retailed in the district 18
(5) The number of premises from which sterilised milk was
sold 49
(6) The number of premises outside Harrow from which
sterilised milk was retailed in the district 19
Supervision
During the year thirty-two visits were made by the Public Health
Inspectors to dairies and cow sheds in the district.
Sampling
Thirty-five samples of milk were taken and submitted to the Colindale
Laboratory for analysis. Seventeen were pasteurised, twelve T.T. pasteurised,
four T.T. farm bottled, and two sterilised ; all were satisfactory.
This sampling is independent of that carried out by the County Council.
Complaints
During the year twenty-one complaints were received about milk
bottles. Fifteen were about the dirty or damaged state of the bottles, the
other six about the presence of other foreign matter.