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SECTION E. — INSPECTION AND
SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk.
In accordance with the provisions of the Milk and Dairies Regulations,
1949, the handling, distribution and sale of milk continued to
receive the necessary attention. The number of distributors of milk
in the Borough, as shown by the register kept in accordance with the
Regulations, is 41.
The following licences were granted by the Council under the provisions
of the Milk (Special Designation) Pasteurised and Sterilised
Milk) Regulations, 1949-1953 and the Milk (Special Designation) (Raw
Milk) Regulations, 1949 and 1950:—
Pasteurisers' Licences Nil
Dealers' Licences—
Tuberculin Tested Milk 22
Pasteurised Milk 25
Sterilised Milk 30
Supplementary Licences—
Tuberculin Tested Milk 9
Pasteurised Milk 10
Sterilised Milk 7
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From the 1st October, 1954, the Regulations required bottles or
other containers in which Pasteurised milk was to be delivered to the
consumer to be filled only on the Pasteuriser's premises. Consequently,
the filling of bottles from bulk deliveries at four dairies within the
Borough was discontinued.
During the year 273 samples of designated milk were submitted
for bacteriological examination. The results were as follows:—
Designation Satisfactory. Unsatisfactory.
Pasteurised 240 5
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) 13 —
Tuberculin Tested (Farm bottled) 4 —
Sterilised 11 —
Of the 5 unsatisfactory samples, 4 failed the methylene blue test
(keeping quality) and one failed the phosphatase test (pasteurisation).
Subsequent samples from the same sources in each case proved
satisfactory.
Four samples of Tuberculin Tested (farm bottled) milk were sent
to various Laboratories for animal inoculation. All these samples were
found to be negative for tubercle bacilli.
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