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Heston and Isleworth 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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(3) Every bottle containing the milk shall be closed with a
suitable tightly fitting disc and covered with a suitable outer cap
overlapping the lip of the bottle and so fastened as to form a complete
seal. The cap shall bear the name and address of the producer
or of the dairy where the milk is produced, the day of production
and the words "certified milk." The words "produced
from cows which have passed the tuberculin test" may be added,
but, except with the consent of the licensing authority, the cap shall
bear no other words.
B.—The following conditions apply to all holders of licenses to sell
milk as " Certified " :—
(1) The milk shall not be removed from the bottles or the seals
broken before delivery to the purchaser.
(2) On a sample being taken at any time before delivery to the
consumer the milk shall be found to contain : —
(a) not more than 30,000 bacteria per cubic centimetre; and
(It) no coliform bacillus in one-tenth of a cubic centimetre.
(3) The milk shall not at any stage be treated by heat.
Part II.
Conditions- subject to which licences for selling Milx as
" Grade A (Tuberculin tested) " hay be granted.
(1) The conditions set out in paragraph (1) of sub-division A
of Part I, in paragraph (7) of sub-division A of Part III, in subdivision
B of Part III, and in paragraph (2) of sub-division C of
Part III, of this Schedule shall apply with the substitution in PartIll
of the designation " Grade A (Tuberculin tested) " for the designation
" Grade A."
(2) The milk shall not at any stage be treated by heat.