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Section E— Inspection and Supervision
of Food.
Milk Supply.
Cowkeepers.
There are three cowkeepers registered in the district, two of whom
are licensed by the County Council, to use the term " Accredited
Milk."
Regular inspections have been made of the farms.
Only a very small amount of unp^steurised or raw milk is consumed
in the district.
Milk Retailers.
The number of registered retailers was 22 compared with 73
before the war, the reduction being due to rationalisation of deliveries.
The results of the chemical analyses of milk are shown under
the section dealing with Food and Drugs Act.
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations 1936-1943.
Licences under these Regulations were issued as follows : —
Principal Licences—Tuberculin Tested 5
Pasteurised 7
Supplementary Licences—Tuberculin Tested 8
Pasteurised 7
Bacteriological Examination of Milk.
Ninety-two samples of milk were submitted for examination
under the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations. Sixty-two
complied and 30 failed to comply with the prescribed tests. The unsatisfactory
samples were mostly of pasteurised milk.
Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
Defence (Sale of Food) Regulations, 1943.
Food Standard Orders. Labelling of Food Orders, etc.
One hundred and forty-one samples of the undermentioned foods
and drugs were submitted to the Public Analyst with the results
indicated.
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