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There are no Cow-keepers in the district.
The number of Retail Milk Distributors is 100.
One hundred and twenty seven visits were paid to registered
dealers and a satisfactory standard of cleanliness was maintained.
The Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order,
1951.
The above Order, which came into operation on the 1st October,
implemented Sub-Section (1) of Section 19 of the Food & Drugs
(Milk, Dairies and Artificial Cream) Act, 1950, relating to the
compulsory use of special designations for retail sales of milk. This
Borough is included in the Specified Areas, therefore, all milk sold
must be either Pasteurised or Sterilised.
(b) Ice Cream.
Sixty-five applications for Registration were received.
New licences were granted as follows:—
Vendors, New 34
Vendors, Transfers 28
Refused 2
Withdrawn 1
Number on Register at end of year 249
Number of above receiving allocations of fats, sugar,
etc., for manufacturing 25*
* Twelve of these pass their dockets to other firms who manufacture for
them.
Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, Etc.)—Regulations, 1947-51.
The trade has continued to maintain a very good standard
to comply with the above Regulations.
Medical Examination—Typhoid, Etc., Carriers.
The scheme of voluntary medical examination and blood
testing of employees in the ice cream trade has now reached its
fifth year.
A session is held one afternoon a week and 88 employees
presented themselves for the purpose of having blood specimens
taken by the Medical Officer of Health.
No "Carriers" were found during the period under review.
Bacterial Quality and Grading of Ice Cream.
One hundred and thirty-eight samples were submitted for bacteriological
examination and for grading in accordance with the
Provisional Test of the Ministry of Health.