Abstract
The submission is made that the opportunity presented by the enactment of new legislation for the control of infection of milk has not been fully exploited.
It is contended that the new legislation is not equitable in the apportionment of responsibility for public health and financial commitment, to the medical officer and local authority respectively. Attention is directed to the danger of infection of milk arising from " carriers " of disease and the lack of provision in the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949, adequately to meet this contingency.
Suggestions are made for, examination of all persons employed on milk production ; compulsory pasteurisation of all milk on premises where " carriers " are resident ; the spreading of the financial burden of compensation payments over a greater area to remove anomalies between areas of pro duction and consumption of milk ; limitation of the clause relating to compensation in the Regulations and unification of the statutory control of milk production under one authority—the local authority.
Examples of arbitration awards are quoted to emphasize the difficulties which have arisen in the day-to-day administration of the legislation in the hope that changes may be made in the immediate future which will eliminate diversity in interpretation.
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