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SECTION V.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(ia) Milk Supply.—The whole of the milk supply
comes from without the district. Branches of two big Milk
Companies, as well as a number of other dairymen and retail
milk sellers, operate in the district. The supply is at all times
ample, and the arrangement for distribution adequate, bottles
with a cardboard disc cover largely superseding the old type
can. The milk is wholesome and of good quality, and no
complaints have been received. The County Authorities took
199 samples for analysis and only six were found to be
adulterated.
The licenses granted by the Council for the sale only
of milk under special designations, vide the Milk (Special
Designations) Orders, 1922 and 1923, were as under:—
" Certified " Milk 9
" Grade 'A' Tuberculin Tested " Milk 9
4' Pasteurised '' Milk 6
The number of persons registered with the Iyocal
Authority as dairymen or purveyors of milk under the Milk
and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, is 42. In one case only
was it necessary to refuse registration by reason of the
unsuitability of the premises proposed to be used. The
applicant upon being informed of alterations which would be
required to render the premises fit, decided not to proceed
further with his application.
(b) Meat.—Recent years has seen a falling off in the
number of animals slaughtered in the district, and two of the
seven private slaughterhouses once in operation in the district,
have been closed since 1918. Two of the inspectoral staff are
qualified Inspectors of Meat and Other Foods, and have both
been recognized by the Ministry of Health for the purposes
of marking meat under the Public Health (Meat) Regulations,
1924.
These Regulations which came into force on 1st April,