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requirements of the Methylene Blue Test, but in six instances the test was
void because atmospheric shade temperature on day of sampling exceeded 65°P.
The vendor of the unsatisfactory sample was warned and given advice to enable
the cause of the adverse report to be rectified.
One sample failed to satisfy the Phosphatase Test, which is the approved
test for estimating the efficiency of heat treatment. The vendor of this
sample was warned.
The Sale of Milk Regulations, 1939. These regulations provide that milk shall
contain not less than 3 per cent. milk-fat and 8.5 per cent. milk-solids other
than milk-fat. The milk-fat content of the samples submitted throughout the
year varied from 3.05 per cent. to 4.6 per cent: the average of all samples
taken was 3.5 per cent. milk-fat, and 8.89 per cent. milk-solids other than
milk-fat.
Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order, 1951. This Order, made
under the Pood and Drugs (Milk, Dairies and Artificial Cream) Act, 1950, declared
the County of London to be a "specified Area" as from 1st October, 1951.
This means that from that date it was illegal for any person to sell by retail
for human consumption any milk other than milk which may be sold as special
designated milk in accordance with the provisions of the Milk (Special Designation)
(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949 or the Milk (Special Designation)
(Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949.

A detailed statement of all foods analysed appears on pages 22 and 23
of the Appendix.