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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
MILK SHOPS AND DAIRIES.
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
There were '2,18 inspections of dairies and milk purveyors'
premises made by the sanitary inspectors during the year. Six
persons were registered as purveyors of bottled milk only; also
there were transfers in respect of four dairies and nine purveyors
of bottled milk.
There are now 109 premises registered as dairies and their
occupiers as dairymen, and 649 persons registered as purveyors
of bottled milk only.
The bulk of the milk sold in the Borough is Pasteurised and
sold under license, some is heat treated, bottled, and sold as sterilised,
but there is a certain quantity of raw milk being bottled by
retailers. In these cases steam sterilisers for the treatment of the
bottles are insisted upon in compliance with Article 21 of the Milk
and Dairies Order, 1926, which-provides: (1) "Every such vessel,
lid and appliance, shall be thoroughly washed as soon as may be
after use, and shall be cleansed and scalded with boiling water
or steam before it is used again."
Examination ot Milk.
Animal Inoculation (Cuinea Pig Test).
Fifty-six samples of milk were secured from producers and
purveyors. This number included eleven third-pint bottles of
milk supplied to children at the Council's Schools, all of which
proved satisfactory. Sixteen samples were obtained on delivery at
Council's Institutions, and these also proved satisfactory.
Of the remaining twenty-nine, four obtained on delivery
from producers revealed a positive tuberculous infection. The
facts were immediately reported to the Medical Officer of Health
of the area in which the milk was produced, who took appropriate
action in the matter.
Condensed Milk Regulations.
Thirty-three samples of condensed milk obtained were
examined as follows:—
Condensed Machine Skimmed Milk Sweetened 25
Of this number twenty-two were examined for the purpose
of testing the equivalent, all of which proved
correct.
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