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SECTION E
INSPECTION and SUPERVISION of FOOD
(a) Milk Supplies.
With effect from the 1st October, 1949, the control and
inspection of milk producing farms was undertaken by
officers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Up to that date the number of farms producing graded
and ungraded milk was: Tuberculin Tested 6; Accredited 6;
ordinary 4; Total 15.
The cowsheds have been kept in a satisfactory condition
whilst under the control of the Local Authority and 72 visits
have been made.
27 samples of milk were taken for bacteriological examination
by the County Council, Public Health Department,
and 9 of these were reported as being unsatisfactory.
29 samples of milk were taken by the Weights and
Measures Department of the County Council during the year.
There are 7 dairies and milkshops registered, 40 visits
to these premises were made.
There are 11 registered milk purveyors in the district,
licensed under the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised
and Sterilised) Regulations, 1949.
(b) Meat and Other Foods.
Slaughtering.
There are 7 slaughterhouses in the district all licensed
under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
26 pigs were slaughtered and inspected during the year.
No carcases or organs were condemned. Slaughtering in the
main for this district is carried out elsewhere in centralised
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