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MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923.
The following licences were granted during 1929:—
Sixteen to sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk, including
eleven supplementary licences; one to produce, bottle and sell;
and five to sell Grade "A" Milk, including three supplementary
licences; eight to sell Certified Milk; twenty-one to sell Pasteurised
Milk, including seven supplementary licences.

The gradual improvement mentioned in my report for 1928 is
still being maintained, with the exception of Grade "A." The
condition of this milk as supplied is most unsatisfactory. It is
unfortunately a popular belief that Grade "A" milk is the best
and safest of the various designated milks, whereas it is in fact
the least reliable.
Letters of warning were sent in the cases of four samples of
Pasteurised Milk which failed to pass the standard. With regard
to the three samples of Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk,
two contained B. Coli and one excessive Bacteria and B. Coli.
Of the six samples of Grade "A" which did not pass the standard,
five contained B. Coli and one excessive Bacteria and B. Coli.
Other Foods.
The state of all factories dealing with food of various kinds,
together with the retail shops, bakehouses (there are 45 underground
bakehouses) and other premises, is continually under the
supervision of the District Sanitary Inspector, and 5,060 inspections
were made during the year.
The Food and Drugs Inspector has also been appointed the
Inspector and Official Sampler under the Fertilisers and Feeding
Stuffs' Act, 1926.