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27.
SECTION E
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Milk Supply
The milk supply is from several large firms with dairy premises
outside the Borough boundaries and mainly pasteurised. Twelve
samples of milk were analysed during the year and all were certified
to be genuine.
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations , 1949.
Graded Milks - The following table shows the licences granted
during the year for the sale of milk under the special designations
as provided by the above Regulations:—
8 dealers' licences to sell milk as Pasteurised.
14 " " " " " " " sterilised.
3 supplementary licences to sell milk as Pasteurised.
4 " " " " " " Sterilised.
7 dealers' licences to sell milk as Tuberculin Tested.
1 supplementary licence to sell milk as Tuberculin Tested,
1" " " " " " " " (Pasteurised) .
Food and Drugs Act, 1935
Food and Drugs Authority
The Council is the Food and Drugs Authority for the district and
during the year samples approximating in number to two per
thousand of the population were taken and submitted to the joint
Public Analysts.
Public Analyst
Mr, George Taylor, F.R.I.C., 20, Eastcheap, London, E.C.3. and
Dr. J.H. Hamence, F.R.I.C., 20, Eastcheap, London, E.C.3. continued
as Joint Public Analysts for the area.
Samples submitted for Analysis
105 samples of food and drugs were submitted for analysis, 6l
formal and 44 informal and it will be seen by the following table
that a reasonably wide field was covered.
The table shows that 9 samples were reported upon adversely.