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the shape is equally Important to the Cornishman in Surrey, if
not to the native of East Cheam. What is trivial to one
purchaser may be a serious matter to another and I regard it as
a wise maxim to Judge a label or description without regard to
whether the food is of basic national importance and without
being Influenced by the price paid. The offence is the same even
if these other matters have to be taken into account in deciding
what action ought to be taken. Any other course would only lead
to names and descriptions losing their traditional meanings and
the long term consequences would be serious.
MILK SUPPLY
Food and Drugs Act, 1955
Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations 1959
The Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations 1949 to 1954
The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk.
Regulations 1949 - 1953
The Borough of Sutton and Cheam is a specified area for the
purpose of the Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas)
Order 1951, therefore all milk sold in the Borough is designated
milk.
All milk distributors in the area are licenced to use the
special designation in relation to the milk retailed, and are
granted a dealer's or supplementary licence for that purpose.
Routine inspection of milk pasteuriser's and distributors'
premises reveals that the provisions of the various Regulations
are generally well observed.

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF MILK AND CREAM SAMPLES
MILK
Forty-eight formal and thirteen informal samples of milk
were taken for chemical analysis; all of which were found to be
genuine.
Eighteen samples of 'Channel Island' and 'South Devon' milk
contained satisfactory averages of 4.4% milk fat and 8.96% milk
solids other than milk fat; and forty-three other samples of milk
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