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Of the total samples examined under these Regulations only one
sample of Tuberculin Tested (Farm Bottled) Milk failed to pass the
prescribed test. This sample was taken during the 4½ hours test period
and decolourised Methylene Blue in 3 hours.
It is the practice immediately to notify failures of farm bottled milk
to the dairy company concerned so that the matter may be taken up with
the responsible producers as speedily as possible.
To comply with the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and
Sterilised Milk) Regulations, Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) and
Pasteurised Milk must not give a reading of more than 2.3 Lovibond blue
units in the phosphatase test and must not decolourise methylene blue in
30 minutes. The 84 samples examined under these Regulations were all
found to be satisfactory.
MILK AND DAIRIES
The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1960
Mention may be made of these Regulations which will come into
force on the 1st January, 1961, insofar as they relate to dealers licences,
but which came into operation insofar as they relate to producers licences
on the 1st October, 1960.
The Regulations consolidate and re-enact with amendments the
Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations 1949 to 1954, and the
Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations
1949 to 1953.
The principal changes include the following:-
(a) Dealers licences except for a few kinds which will be granted
by the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food, will be
granted by the food and drugs authority for the area within
which are situated the premises at or from which the milk is
to be pasteurised, sterilised or sold as the case may be;
dealer's licences will permit sales outside as well as inside
the area of the licensing authority and supplementary licences
are to be discontinued.
(b) A dealer's (pre-packed) Milk licence is introduced to permit
the sale of all three kinds of specially designated milk, where
milk is obtained by a dealer in a container in which it is to be
supplied to the customer, or is pasteurised or sterilised by the
dealer.
(c) The period for which a dealer's licence will be granted is
extended from one year to five years.
ICE CREAM
Food and Drugs Act, 1955
Ice Cream (Heat Treatment etc.) Regulations, 1959
Food Standards (Ice Cream) Regulations, 1959
Registrations
During the year twelve applications for the registration of premises
for the sale and storage of ice cream were received and granted.
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