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Section E—Inspection and Supervision
of Food.
Milk Supply.
On October 1st, registration and supervision of dairy farms and
dairy farmers became the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture
and Fisheries. At that date there were 3 cowkeepers registered in this
district, 2 of whom were authorised to use the term " Accredited Milk."
Until the functions were transferred regular inspections of these farms
were made.
Only a very small proportion of the milk consumed in the district
is unpasteurised or not heat treated in some other way.
Milk Distributors.
The Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949, which replaced the
Regulations, 1926-1943, came into force on October 1st. Ten milk
retailers who were already registered with the Council re-registered as
distributors under the new Regulations. The number so registered
increased to 14 by the end of the year.
Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations,
1949.
These Regulations, which also came into force on the 1st October,
replaced the earlier Special Designation Regulations. "Sterilised
Milk" is a new designation and the Raw Milk Regulations provide for
the use of the existing designation "Accredited Milk" only until
October, 1954. Thereafter the only special designated raw milk will
be "T.T. Tested." The Milk (Special Designation) Act, 1949, provides
for the obligatory use of a special designation on retailing milk in areas
specified by the Minister of Food. Carshalton has not yet been so
specified. The effect of such specification after October, 1954, will be
that only the following milks can be supplied on retail otherwise than as
refreshments—
Raw Milk:
Tuberculin Tested.
Milk Subject to Heat :
Pasteurised.
Sterilised.
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised).
Tuberculin Tested (Sterilised).
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