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Milk (Special Designations) Order 1936.
No. of samples of milk taken for analysis during the year 43
No. of samples found to be satisfactory 41
Applications granted for the renewal of licences to sell Special
Designated Milk:—
Pasteurised Milk 18
Tuberculin Tested Milk 14
Applications granted for the renewal of Pasteurised Licences 1
Supplementary Licences granted 4
FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS.
During the year no cases of food poisoning were notified by the
local practitioners and no outbreak of disease required investigation
as suspected food poisoning.
ICE CREAM.
Ice Cream premises were kept under regular supervision during
the year, 255 visits being paid to manufacturers and retailers in the
Borough.
95 samples of Ice Cream were submitted to the Bacteriologist
for examination and of this number 72 samples fell within Grades I
and II and were considered satisfactory, and 23 fell within Grades
III and IV and were unsatisfactory.
In all cases of unsatisfactory samples careful checks were
made of the premises concerned and help and advice given. All
manufacturers and retailers were found to be very co-operative in
their efforts to improve conditions.
The Ice Cream (Heat Treatment) Regulations, 1947, came into
force on the 1st May, 1947, its main objects being to fix the temperatures
at which Ice Cream should be pasteurised, cooled and
stored and to provide for the protection of Ice Cream at all times
during manufacture, distribution and storage.
Regular inspections are made to see that the provisions of these
regulations are being complied with.