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There are four dairies handling milk in bottles or sealed churns,
and two pasteurising establishments, one of which also processes milk
by ultra high temperature treatment.
Milk (Special Designation) (Amendment) Regulations, 1965.
These Regulations came into operation on 1st October, 1965,
to amend the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963.
Schedule 1 of the Regulations which refers to the special conditions
subject to which licences to use the special designation ' Ultra
Heat Treated ' may be granted, were applied to a dairy processing
this designated milk.
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963, as amended.
The following licences, which will remain in force until 31st
December, 1970, have been issued under the Regulations:—
Dealers' (Pasteuriser's) Licences 2
Dealers' (Ultra Heat Treated) Licence 1
Dealers' (Pre-packed Milk) Licences:—
Untreated milk 57
Pasteurised milk 121
Sterilised milk 101
Ultra Heat Treated milk 9
During the year 279 samples of designated milk were submitted
for statutory tests. The results were as follows:—
Designation. Satisfactory. Unsatisfactory.
Pasteurised 243 —
Sterilised 26 —
Untreated 9 1
The unsatisfactory sample of untreated milk, which was taken
from a vending machine, failed the Methylene Blue test. A further
sample taken from the same machine proved satisfactory.
Brucella Abortus.
No positive samples of milk were found.
lce-Cream.
During the year 154 samples were submitted for bacteriological
examination. The results were as follows:—
Grade 1 114
Grade 2 11
Grade 3 16
Grade 4 13
Grade 1 and 2 samples can be considered satisfactory; only 20%
of the samples taken from any one vendor should be of Grade 3
quality, and none of Grade 4. Appropriate action was taken in the
cases of unsatisfactory samples.
Meat and Other Foods.
There is one licensed slaughterhouse in the Borough, which is
privately owned. This slaughterhouse, which has been in use for
a number of years, is old and there are many inherent defects. The
layout of the premises is poor and facilities for meat inspection are
inadequate. Following action by the Town Planning Authority in
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