Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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(7) Except where milk is bottled by the producer in accordance
with the procedure for bottling hereinafter specified, the milk shall
be consigned from the dairy where it is produced in an unventilated
sealed container which shall be labelled or marked in a suitable
manner with the address of the dairy, the day of production (with
the word " morning " or " evening " according to the time of milking),
and the words " Grade A Milk."
B.—The following conditions apply to persons other than producers
:—
(1) Except where the milk is delivered to the consumer in the
containers in which it is received, the seals being unbroken, it shall
be delivered either in bottles or in other suitable containers of not
less capacity than two gallons.
(2) 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 of the dealer by whom the
milk was bottled, and the address of the licenced bottling establishment,
the words " Grade A " and the day of production and shall
except with the consent of the licensing authority bear no other
words. Where containers other than bottles are used, every container
shall be closed with a tightly fitting cover and shall be suitably
sealed and labelled.
C.—The following conditions apply to all holders of licences to sell
milk as " Grade A" : —
(1) The milk shall not at any stage be treated by heat unless a
licence to sell such milk as "Pasteurised" has been granted under
this Order, and where such a licence has been granted the term
"Pasteurised" shall be added after the designation "Grade A
Milk" wherever such designation is used in connection with the sale
of such milk or the labelling or marking of receptacles containing
such milk.