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Milk (Special Designation) (Amendment) Regulations, 1965.
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, was applied to the dairy which processes
this milk. Enquiries were received during the year from other
Councils to whom applications had been made for licences in respect
of the sale of U.H.T. milk, and a number of Health Certificates were
issued to the company concerned for the export of U.H.T. milk.
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963, as amended.
The following licences, which will remain in force until 31st
December, 1970, have been issued under these Regulations:—
Dealers' (Pasteuriser's) Licences 2
Dealers' (Ultra Heat Treated) Licence 1
Dealers' (Pre-packed Milk) Licences:—
Untreated milk 63
Pasteurised milk 160
Sterilised milk 126
Ultra Heat Treated milk 39
During the year 194 samples of designated milk were submitted
for statutory tests. The results were as follows:—
Designation. Satisfactory. Void. Unsatisfactory.
Pasteurised 177 3 6
Sterilised 10 — —
Untreated 2 — 2
Ultra Heat Treated 5 — —
All the unsatisfactory samples of milk had failed the Methylene
Blue Test. Investigations were made into these and in one instance
legal proceedings were instituted.
Brucella Abortus.
No positive samples of milk were found.
Ice-Cream.
During the year 83 samples were submitted for bacteriological
examination. The results were as follows:—
Grade 1 57
Grade 2 15
Grade 3 11
Grade 4 Nil
Bacteriological Examination of Other Foods.
Samples of chocolate pie, rice pudding, brine solution and sugar
confectionery were sent to the Public Health Laboratory for special
bacteriological examination. None of the samples showed the presence
of pathogenic organisms, and they were reported as being satisfactory.
Meat and Other Foods.
There is one licensed slaughterhouse in the Borough which is in
private ownership. The Annual Report for 1966 indicated that the
premises were old and that there were many inherent defects, but that
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