[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Clackmannan County Council.

  • Clackmannanshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Clackmannan County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    21 There are about twelve unregistered premises in the County with about fifty cows in all, while the thirty-two registered 'premises house between 1,100 and 1,200 cows. Twenty-nine of the registered producers do not sell milk by retail. ICE CREAM (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS..1948, (1) Registration of Premises, and,Vehicles, The position at the ond of the year as regards the registration, in terms of the Regulations, of premises and vehicles used for the manufacture and/or storage and sale of ice cream was as follows;- Premises Vehicles, (a) dumber of certificates of registration in force at 1st January, 1950 17 (b) dumber of applications for registration considered during 19 50 19 (i) dumber granted 9 (ii) dumber refused dil (iii) dumber withdrawn by applicant 2 (iv) dumber still not disposed of at 31st December, 1950 * 3 (c) dumber of certificates of registration cancelled during 1950 1 (2) Administration and Control. Sixty-three visits of inspection were made and as was the case in 1949? the Department gave much time to the administration of these Regulations. Manu- facturers and vendors were advised as to the alterations needed to bring their premises, vehicles and plant up to the standard required by statute, and I am pleased to report that in all cases they were most co-operative towards this end, a fact which did much to lighten the Department’s task. Regular sampling for bacteriological quality enabled a close check to be kept on the hygiene of processing, storage and selling methods and it was gratifying to find that the ’trade’ in general was as enthusiastic as the Sanitary Inspector in marketing a product free from B. Coli and having a low bacterial count. In the case of two premises registered for the manufacture, storage and sale of ice cream difficulty was experienced in tracing the cause of a series of unsatisfactory samples. The premises and plants were visually above reproach and recourse had to be made to the taking of rinses and swab tests of equipment and utensils before and after cleansing, and to supervision of the washing and sterilising technique. By this means it was possible to point out to each manufacturer where his trouble lay and how in future to obviate it. This method of control, I may say, has proved very effective in dealing with just such difficulties. It has the advantage of demonstrating to the ice cream manu- facturer tho difference between visual and bacterial cleanliness, a point of considerable value in bringing home to the non-technical person the need for careful attention to all aspects of production methods. In all, fifty-one samples of ice cream were taken for bacteriological examination. Of these, six yielded a bacterial count in excess of 100,000 bacteria per millilitre, four contained coliform bacilli in 1/100 of a milli- litre, and. four failed in both respects. Thus thirty-seven samples or 73/° successfully mot the standards recommended by the Department of Health for Scotland, their average bacterial count being in the region of 12,400 bacteria per millilitro. 5 6 2 Nil Nil 4 Nil