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(iv) Milk (uncertified), namely, milk which has undergone no form of heat-treatment and is not derived from tuberculosis- free herds, but which attains a certain hygienic standard (paragraphs 206, 207).
(12) No milk which has been held in any vessel containing more than 100 gallons of milk, unless derived from a single herd, should be sold for consumption in liquid form unless it has subsequently been pasteurised (paragraph 208).
(13) The council of any county borough, municipal borough, large burgh, or urban district in an area, the population of which exceeds 100,000, and the London County Council should have the right to prohibit the sale of milk (uncertified) as defined above after a date which shall not be earlier than five years after the initiation of the scheme of eradication, provided that it has given not less than two years' notice of its intention to do so (paragraph 209).
(14) The pasteurisation of milk to be sold under the order should only be permitted in plants the design of which has been officially approved, which have themselves been tested on erection to ensure that they conform to the approved design, and which are frequently inspected during working by an officer of the sanitary authority, who should apply prescribed tests and record the results at each visit. The authority responsible for approving the design of plants should act only after consulting the National Physical Laboratory (para- graphs 210-212).
Recommendations in regard to diseases of cattle other than
tuberculosis.
(15) The departments of agriculture should arrange that facilities for testing milk samples for the chronic streptococcal form of mastitis should be available for farmers through their own veterinary surgeons in return for the payment of a fee to cover the cost (paragraphs 213, 214).
(16) The programme of research into Johne's disease of the Agricultural Research Council should be vigorously pursued (para- graph 215).
(17) The committee of the Agricultural Research Council on Brucella abortus infection should be given every possible facility, through the Agricultural Research Council, for the early completion of their programme (paragraphs 216, 217).
Miscellaneous recommendations.
(18) The departments of agriculture should invite the Milk Marketing Boards to adopt the principle that their funds should be expended on research in regard to dairying and animal diseases, only