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Licences (Plant).
Pasteurisers 2 Tuberculin Tested (Dealers) 2
There are no Cow-keepers in the district.
The number of Retail Milk Distributors is 133.
One hundred and forty-nine visits were paid to registered
premises and a satisfactory standard of cleanliness was maintained.
The Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order,
1951.
The above Order came into operation on the 1st October, 1951.
All milk retailed within the Borough must be either Pasteurised or
Sterilised.
(b) Ice Cream.
Fifty-one applications for Registration were received.
New licences were granted as follows:—
Vendors, New 27
Vendors, Transfers 20
Refused 4
Number on Register at end of year 276
Number of premises used for manufacturing 9
Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, Etc.) Regulations, 1947-51.
The trade has continued to co-operate and a good standard
has been maintained.
Food Standards (Ice Cream) Order, 1951.
Four samples were taken and submitted to the Public Analysts
who reported the following satisfactory results:—
Fat content
12.3%
10.9%
8.7%
5.5%
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
sixth year.