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SECTION 20. (a) MILK AND DAIRIES REGULATIONS, 1949 AND 1953 These Regulations
require local authorities to keep a register of persons carrying on
the trade of milk distributor and of all dairy premises other than dairy farms
in their district, and make special provisions relating to the treatment,
handling, and storage of milk. Amending Regulations, operative from 27th
December, 1953, excluded from the registration requirements of the principal
Regulations persons who sell cream, in the hermetically sealed containers in
which it is delivered to the premises and who are not otherwise distributors
of milk. At the end of the year, 244 persons were registered as "distributors"
29 operating from registered "dairy premises" in the Borough, 28 from "dairy
premises" outside the Borough, and 187 were selling milk in unopened containers
from retail shops.
Legal action was taken in one case:
Offence
Failure to ensure that a milk
bottle containing milk was in a
thorough state of cleanliness.
Result of Proceedings
Defendants were fined £2
and £3 3s. Od. costs.
(b) MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) (RAW MILK) REGULATIONS, 1949 AND 1950. These
Regulations provide that licences to producers of raw milk to use any special
designation shall be granted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries,
whilst licences to dealers to use special designations in respect of such milk
shall be granted by local authorities, The designations authorised are
"accredited" and "tuberculin tested". The use of the designation "accredited"
is prohibited as from the 1st October, 1954, and after the 1st October, 1957,
the special designation "tuberculin tested" may only be used in respect of
milk from a herd which is on the register of attested herds kept by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
The following licences were issued:-
Dealer's Licence - Tuberculin Tested Milk .. .. 47
Dealer's Supplementary Licence - Tuberculin Tested Milk 19
During the year 14 samples of raw milk were submitted for biological
examination for tubercle bacilli and all were negative
(C) MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) (PASTEURISED AND STERILISED MILK) REGULATIONS,
1949 TO 1953 Milk sold under the special designation "pasteurised" must be
treated by one of the three following methods -
(a) heated to a temperature of not less than 145°F. and not more than
150°F. , held at that temperature for at least 30 minutes and be
immediately cooled to a temperature of not more than 50°F.: or
(b) heated to a temperature of not less than 161°F,, held at that
temperature for at least 15 seconds and be immediately cooled to a
temperature of not more than 50°F , or
(c) heated to such temperature and retained thereat for such period as
may be specified by the licensing authority with the approval of the
Minister of Food.
"Pasteurised" milk is required to comply with two tests The Phosphatase
Test is an indication of adequate heat treatment and is based on the fact that
the enzyme phosphatase is destroyed by efficient legal pasteurisation, but is
not completely destroyed if the milk is heated only to lower temperatures or
for shorter periods than those prescribed. The test is a colorimetric one
and deemed to be satisfied by milk which gives a reading of 2.3 Lovibond blue
units or less The Methylene Blue Test provides an index of bacterial cleanliness
and shall be deemed to be satisfied by milk which fails to decolourise
methylene blue in 30 minutes The following samples were submitted to the
Public Health Laboratory Service for tests under these Regulations and for
biological examination for tubercle bacilli:-