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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
Under the above Order the position at the end of
the year was as follows :—
No. of registered cowkeepers 49
„ registered cowsheds 52
„ cowkeepers who are also retailers of milk 22
„ cows on registered premises (approx.) 1129
„ registered dairymen 11
„ persons registered as retail purveyors
of milk 58
„ persons resident outside the district
retailing milk in the area 17
Five retail purveyors were added to the register
during the year. One registered cowkeeper discontinued
business and the premises were also removed from
the register.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
The total number of producers of Grade "A" Milk
under licence from the Essex County Council is now
23; an increase of 13 over 1934.
Samples of milk were taken by the Sanitary
Inspectors and forwarded to the County Laboratories
for pathological and bacterial examination.