MILK INSPECTOR'S REPORT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 253, 13 July 1918, Page 2

MILK INSPECTOR'S REPORT

t H55 SAMPLES ANALYSED. Iu tho course of his annunl report the ~ municipal milk inspector (itr. F. \Y. 0 Bawlinson) said: "The totnl number of j samples taken by me for tho purpose of 0 analysis are H55. Out of this number 3862 complied with the regulations under the Sale of Pood and Drugs Act, and S3 failed to comply and wo iniulo up ns follow: 12 samples contained added water, ~ one being to the extent 0f.50 per cent.; n 35 samples were deficient in fat; 20 A samples were dirty; 24 samples wore s stale: one snmple was eliniy; one .^anipie el contained added preservative. Tlio twelve. , s samples containing added water lreie also e low iu solids—not. fat. s "There line been a general improvee ment in tho quality of the milk supply ~ to Uio city. The heavy penalties inflicted e upon the offenders for breaches nf the ;. Salo of Food and Drugs Act and the i, extra precautions taken by the farmer s and vendor have, in my opinion, con- > tributed greatly to this improvement. ! .! Most of the milks were considerably over e tho legal minimum standard of 3.25 per ~ cent. fat. 8.5 per cent, solids (not f.it). i, llnrins tho year I havo seized Had eonY demned a number of rusty and dirty g milk cans. One vendor wits proseiuiteit 1 for using a very rusty and dirty 21-gallon (I server, ond others have been warned, fie- ,' ce.ntly I luid eauso lo condemn a can of . milk which was conveyed to Hie city 3 direct from (he farmer and was found j to bo in such a dirty condition as to . render it Unfit for human consumption."