THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1985
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DR RONALD PERRY, WHO WAS THE COUNCIL'S LONG-SERVING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND HYGIENE BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH AS HYGIENE ADVISER TO BOTH COUNCILS AND DEPARTMENTS, ASSURED MR SULKE THAT HE WAS HAPPY TO COME TO MEETINGS OF THE FOOD HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE TO CONTRIBUTE HIS ADVICE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.
+1 WILL ALWAYS GIVE VERY HIGH PRIORITY TO ATTENDING YOUR MEETINGS,+ DR PERRY TOLD MR SULKE.
MR SULKE REPLIED: STILL, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT EMPLOYING OUR OWN PEOPLE AND NOT HAVING TO CALL ON PEOPLE NOT UNDER OUR (THE COUNCIL'S) CONTROL.+
DIFFERENT TEST RESULTS ON MILK QUERIED
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S FOOD HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, MR WALTER SULKE, TODAY QUESTIONED WHY THERE WAS A +DIFFERENCE OF OP IN ION+ BETWEEN THE CONSUMER COUNCIL AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OVER THE TESTING OF MILK.
+ IT SEEMS ODD THAT THE IR TESTS SHOULD BE SO DIFFERENT FROM OURS, HE ADDED.
DR RONALD PERRY, HYGIENE ADVISER OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH, SAID THAT THE MILK CONCERNED CAME FROM LANTAO, WHERE THE DAIRY FACED CERTAIN PROBLEMS.
CHECKS HAD TO BE MADE OVERNIGHT ON THE PASTEURISATION AND FREEZING OF THE MILK, BUT THEN WHEN IT WAS TRANSPORTED BY SEA TO HONG KONG, SOMETIMES INSUFFICIENT ICE WAS PACKED AROUND THE CANS.
ANOTHER PROBLEM IN THE CLEANSING OF THE CANS WAS THAT THE DAIRY DID NOT HAVE A MAINS WATER SUPPLY. INSTEAD IT HAD TO USE STREAM WATER, BUT ENSURED THAT IT WAS CHLORINATED FIRST, HE ADDED.
CONCERNING MILK TESTING GENERALLY, DR PERRY ASSURED THE COMMITTEE THAT CONSTANT CHECKS WERE MADE ON ALL DA IR IES, AND WHERE OFFENCES WERE DETECTED, PROSECUTIONS TAKEN OUT.
HE ADDED THAT THESE TESTS INCLUDED SAMPLING OF MILK WHICH CAME IN CARTON FORM ACROSS THE BORDER FROM SHUM CHUN.
THIS IMPORTED MILK HAD PROVED TO BE UP TO STANDARD, HE SAID ADDING THAT THE DAIRY CONCERNED HAD ITS OWN LABORATORY AND VOLUNTARILY WITHDREW ANY BATCHES FOUND TO BE SUSPECT.
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