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DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
During the year six persons have discontinued
carrying on the trade of Retail Purveyors of Milk,
and one has discontinued carrying on the trade of
wholesale producer and they have been struck off
the register.
Two applications were received from persons
residing in the District to be registered as Retail
Purveyors of Milk.
There are now fifty persons registered in
accordance with the Milk and Dairies (Amendment)
Act, 1922, as follows :—
Wholesale Traders or Producers of Milk ... ... 13
Retail Purveyors of Milk residing in the District 30
Retail Purveyors of Milk who reside outside the
District but retail in the District ... ... 7
Total 50
The Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops were
visited twice during the year and at irregular
periods to ascertain if they were kept in a clean and
satisfactory condition and iu accordance with the
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
Nine Dealers' Licences to sell Certified Milk,
ten to sell Pasteurised Milk, nine to sell Grade A
(Tuberculin Tested) Milk, one to sell Grade A Milk,
three to sell Grade A Pasteurised, and one
Supplementary Licence to sell Grade A (Tuberculin
Tested) Milk were granted under the Milk (Special
Designations) Order, 1923.
In accordance with instructions received from
the Ministry of Health, eleven samples of Certified
Milk were taken from the local Dairymen and sent
to the Clinical Research Association for Bacteriological
Examination.