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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply—
The wholesomeness of the milk supply, 95 per cent. of
which is produced and imported from outside sources, is
shewn by the table under the heading of Sale of Foods and
Drugs Acts, for the respective months during the year.
The old method of supplying milk from open cans is
rapidly disappearing, distribution of milk in bottles taking
its place, and this largely minimises the risk of contamination
by dirt and dust as compared with supplying from open
receptacles in the streets.
(1) No action has been taken re Tuberculous Milk or
Tuberculous Cattle.
(2) Two licences for the sale of Pasteurised and Grade
"A" Tuberculin Tested Milk were granted during
the year.
The type of apparatus used for the pasteurisation
of milk is Burrell's internal tubular heater and
cooler, and tarbet holding tanks.
(3) There were no refusals or revocations of registrations
of retailers or of licences for graded milk during the
year.
(4) No action has been taken with regard to the
bacteriological examination of samples of graded
and other milk.
(b) Meat Inspection—
(1) The number of carcases inspected during or after
slaughter were 298. Inspections are made as far as
possible during the time when slaughtering is in
progress. No action is being taken with regard to
marking under the Public Health (Meat) Regulations,
1924.
Diseased meat is disposed of by burning.
(2) The administration of the Public Health (Meat)
Regulations, 1924.
The Regulations are being enforced in all
instances as far as practicable as embodied in the
Regulations.