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Dealer's Licence - Tuberculin Tested Milk 39
Dealer's Supplementary Licence - Tuberculin Tested Milk 22
Thirteen samples of raw milk were submitted for biological examination
for tubercle baccilli and all gave negative results.
(c) MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) (PASTEURISED AND STERILISED MILK)
REGULATIONS, 1949-1953. Under these Regulations, the following
licences were issued by the Borough Council:-
Steriliser's Licence 1
Dealer's Licence -
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk 43
Pasteurised Milk 145
Sterilised Milk 221
Dealer's Supplementary Licence -
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk 22
Pasteurised Milk 29
Sterilised Milk 31
"Pasteurised" milk is required to comply with the Phosphatase Test
for adequate heat treatment, and with the Methylene Blue Test for
bacterial cleanliness. "Sterilised" milk is required to comply with
the prescribed turbidity test.
The following samples were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory
Service:-
Pasteurised Milk Phosphatase Test 443
Methylene Blue Test 443
Tuberculin Tested Phosphatase Test 102
(Pasteurised) Milk Methylene Blue Test 102
Sterilised Milk Turbidity Test 51
One sample of Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) milk and five samples
of Pasteurised milk failed to comply with the requirements of the
Methylene Blue test, but the test was void in each case owing to the
atmospheric shade temperature on the day of sampling exceeding 65° F.
(d) THE MILK AND DAIRIES (CHANNEL ISLANDS AND SOUTH DEVON MILK)
REGULATIONS, 1956 which came into operation on July 1st, require
that all milk for human consumption sold as Channel Islands, Jersey,
Guernsey or South Devon milk, shall contain not less than four per
centum by weight of milk fat.
(e) THE SALE OF MILK REGULATIONS, 1939. These Regulations require
milk to contain not less than 3% milk fat, and 8.5% milk solids other
than milk fat, A total of 200 samples, 55 being formal and 145
informal, were submitted to the Public Analyst; only one sample failed
to reach the required standard, and in this case it was 20% deficient in
milk fat. A repeat sample from the same source was found to be satisfactory
The average content of samples taken was 3,5% milk fat and
8.80% milk solids other than milk fat.
SECTION 47 (Misuse of designation "cream" in relation to cream substitutes).
This section provides that no person shall sell, or offer
or expose for sale, for human consumption any substance which resembles
cream in appearance, but is not cream, or any article of food containing