View report page

FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955. (Cont)
Foreign bodies in food (Cont.)
(iii)Mould in Eccles cakes: A resident complained about
the condition of two Eccles cakes purchased at a local shop.
The observations of the Bakery Manager of the firm concerned
were considered by the Council who decided that a warning
letter be sent in this case.
(iv) Wasp in Rusk. A resident had complained about a dead
wasp found in a rusk purchased at a local shop. The
observations of the manufacturers were submitted for
consideration of the Council who decided that a warning letter
be sent to the manufacturers.
MILK SUPPLY.
(i) At the end of the year there were
forty-one entries on the register
as follows:-
Distributors of milk with premises
in the Borough
24
Distributors of milk with premises
outside the Borough but retailing
in the Borough
9
Premises registered (used as Dairies)
8
(ii) Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk)
Regulations 1949 - 1954.
Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised
and Sterilised Milk) Regulations,1949-1953.
Dealers' licences to sell designated milk were granted
as follows:-
Pasteurised milk 19
" " (supplementary) 9
Tuberculin Tested milk 17
" " (supplementary) 8
Sterilised milk 18
" " (supplementary) 9

The phosphatase test indicates that pasteurisation has
44.