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Milk (Special Designation) {Pasteurised & Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949.
Dealers' Licences- "Pasteurised" 60
Dealers' Licences- "Sterilised" 129
Dealers' Supplementary Licences - "Pasteurised" 13
Dealers' Supplementary Licences - "Sterilised" 14
Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
Dealers' Licences - "Tuberculin Tested" 26
Dealers' Licences - "Accredited" 3
Dealers' Supplementary Licences - "Tuberculin Tested" 13
Dealers' Supplementary Licences - "Accredited" 1
During the year 38 applications for registration as milk distributors
were dealt with, and 1 application was received in respect
of a dairy. 28 persons, who ceased to carry on trade as milk distributors,
and 2 premises, which ceased to be used as dairies, were
removed from the register. The number of premises and distributors
registered at 31st December, 1950, was as follows :-
Number of Distributors registered 130
Number of Dairies registered 11
Ice Cream,
Routine sampling and systematic inspection continues to be
undertaken in the supervision of the production of ice cream.
Regular visits are also made to premises where loose ice cream is
sold, but increasing' numbers of dealers are switching over to the
sale of pre-packed ice cream, where the risk of contamination is
greatly reduced.
The Department's insistence on proper hygienic methods in the
manufacture and handling of this commodity has resulted in a considerable
improvement in the bacteriological grading o:3 samples
submitted for examination by the Public Health Laboratory Service.