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Legal action was taken against one distributor for an offence under
Regulation 26, namely, failing to ensure cleanliness of vessel used for containing
milk The Defendant was fined £2, and costs of 2 guineas were awarded,
(b) MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) (RAW MILK) REGULATIONS, 1949-1954. Under
these Regulations, the following licences were issued by the Borough Council:-
Dealer's Licence - Tuberculin Tested Milk 37
Dealer's Supplementary Licence Tuberculin Tested Milk 20
Four samples of raw milk satisfied the Methylene Blue Test. Sixteen
samples of raw milk were submitted for biological examination for tubercle
bacilli 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 41
Pasteurised Milk 146
Sterilised Milk 214
Dealer5 s Supplementary Licence -
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk 24
Pasteurised Milk 31
Sterilised Milk 33
"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

Two samples of Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) milk and seven 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 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 213 samples, 75 being formal and 138 informal, were submitted to the
Public Analyst only one sample failed to reach the required standard, and the
analyst reported that it contained 6.5 per cent. added water the vendor was
warned The average content of samples taken was 3.6 per cent. milk fat and
8.79 per cent. 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 such a substance, under a description
or designation which includes the word "cream", No offences under this
section were discovered. ("Cream" means that part of milk rich in fat uhich
has been separated by skimming or otherwise).