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Notes in regard to samples shown as adulterated or below standard.
Milk.—Proceedings were instituted in one case. The defendant's
solicitor submitted he had no case to answer as the prosecution had
not proven, in fact, that the milk had been sold to the Milk Marketing
Board. The submission was upheld, the Court holding that
the label attached to the churn purporting to be signed by the
defendant was not evidence of a contract for sale. The case was
therefore dismissed and a sum of £3 3s. 0d. awarded to defendant.
Summonses were issued in five other instances (one defendant)
but owing to the illness of witnesses, etc., two adjournments were
granted. Subsequently, owing to the intervention of the flying bomb
emergency, the summonses were withdrawn.
The deficiencies in the remaining six samples were slight and
in none was the presence of added water indicated.
It will be noted that one informal sample of whiskey was
returned as being below standard. A formal sample, taken at a later
date, was certified to be genuine.
MILK.
During the year the following licences were issued
under the Milk (Special Designations) Orders
Dealers.s
Tuberculin tested 5
Pasteurised 5
Pasteuriser's licence 1
Supplementary.
Tuberculin tested 5
Pasteurised 6
Twenty-three samples of milk were submitted for
examination and in seven instances they were also examined
for the presence of tubercle bacilli, by animal experiment,
with negative results.
In four instances high counts were recorded. Two
samples reported upon unfavourably were bottled and
produced outside the district.
Forty-eight samples of pasteurised milk were submitted
to the Phosphatase test and in seven instances the result
indicated that the sample had not been sufficiently heat
treated.