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SECTION 27 (Inspection and control of infected food). If the Medical Officer of
Health of a district has reasonable ground for suspecting that any food of
which he, or any other officer of the local authority of the district, has
procured a sample under the provisions of this Act is likely to cause food
poisoning, he may give notice to the person in charge of the food that, until
his investigations are completed, the food, or any specified portion thereof,is
not to be used for human consumption, and either is not to be removed, or is
not to be removed except to some place specified in the notice. No action was
necessary under this section.
SECTION 29 (Milk and Dairies Regulations)
(a) MILK AND DAIRIES (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 1959 The Department's register
of distributors of milk and dairy premises, shows the following entries:-
Distributors of Milk
(i) Prom dairy premises in the borough 26
(ii) Prom premises in the borough, other than dairies 189
215
Dairy premises registered 26
(b) MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) (RAW MILK) REGULATIONS, 1949-1954 The
following licences were issued by the Borough Council:-
Dealer's Licence - Tuberculin Tested Milk 36
Dealer's Supplementary Licence - Tuberculin Tested Milk 17
Nine samples of raw milk were submitted to biological examination for
tubercle bacilli and all gave negative results.
(c) MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) (PASTEURISED AND STERILISED) MILK REGULATIONS,
1949-1953. The following licences were issued by the Borough Council:-
Steriliser's Licence 1
Dealer's Licence -
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk 49
Pasteurised Milk 155
Sterilised Milk 202
Dealer s Supplementary Licence-
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk 18
Pasteurised Milk 26
Sterilised Milk ,, 29
"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 Public Health Laboratory Service reported that all the following
samples satisfied the required tests:-
Pasteurised Milk Phosphatase Test 329
Methylene Blue Test 329
Tuberculin Tested Phosphatase Test 170
(Pasteurised) Milk Methylene Blue Test 170
Sterilised Milk Turbidity Test 12