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Milk. (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936—1946.
Graded Milks. The following table shows the licences granted
during the year for the sale of milk under the special designations,
as proxided by the above Regulations:
2 dealers' licences to sell milk as Pasteurised.
2 supplementary licences to sell milk as Pasteurised.
2 dealers' licences to sell milk as Tuberculin Tested.
2 supplementary licences to sell milk as Tuberculin Tested.
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1949.
When these Regulations came into force on the 1st October,
1949, the following licences were issued in addition to the above:
2 dealers' licences to sell milk as Sterilised.
4 supplementary licences to sell milk as Sterilised.
1 supplementary licence to sell milk as Pasteurised.
Extraneous Matters in Foodstuffs.
In the report for 1948 particulars were given of eleven
instances in which the Corporation instituted proceedings on
account of extraneous matters in food. It is pleasing to report
that for the year under review the Council found it necessary
only to take before the magistrates two cases under Section 9 of
the Food and Drugs Act, 1938. These two cases are set out
below:—
No. Offence • Result
12. Nail in steak and kidney pie Fine— £2 Os. Od.
13. Nail in jam tart Fine— £5 Os. Od.
Meat and Other Foods.
There is one licensed slaughterhouse and twenty-six butchers'
shops in the area; the visits paid to these and other retail trade
premises numbered 367.
The following list gives details of the diseased or unsound
meat and other articles found unfit for human consumption, which
were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed or used for animal
feeding purposes, or returned to the Ministry of Food for processing
purposes:—
TINNED FOODS etc.
Article Quantity
Meat 218 tins
Fish 189 „
Vegetables 191 „
Fruit 79 „
Golden syrup 2 „
lams 16 „
Milk 195 „
Fillings, etc. 12 jars
Sauces, pickles, etc. 55 „
Dried egg 2 pkts.
Soups 68 tins
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