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Section 2, Sub-section 1, provides that Milk and Dairies 

 Orders shall be made by the Local Government Board with the 

 concurrence of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and 

 shall have effect as if enacted in the Act. Such orders shall 

 include the following purposes — (a) the registration with the 

 local authorities of all dairies, (i) the inspection by persons 

 authorised by the local authority of dairies and persons in or 

 about dairies who have access to the milk or to the chums or 

 other milk receptacles, {c) the prevention of danger to health 

 from the sale for human consumption, or from use in the 

 manufacture of products for human consumption, of infected, 

 contaminated, or dirty milk, {d) the prohibition of the addition 

 of colouring matter, and the prohibition or regulation of the 

 addition of skimmed or separated milk or water or any other 

 substance to milk intended for sale for human consumption, or 

 the abstraction therefrom of butter fat or any other constituent, 

 and the prohibition or regulation of the sale for human con- 

 sumption of milk to which such an addition or from which 

 such abstraction has been made or which has been otherwise 

 artificially treated, (e) the regulation of the cooling, convey- 

 ance, and distribution of milk intended for sale for human 

 consumption, or for use in the manufacture of products for 

 human consumption, (/) the labelling, marking, or identifica- 

 tion and the sealing or closing of churns, vessels, and other 

 receptacles of milk for sale for human consumption or used 

 for the conveyance of such milk, {g) authorising the use in 

 connection with the sale of milk of the designation " certified 

 milk," prescribing the conditions subject to which milk may 

 be sold under such designation. Under Sub-section 2 of the 

 same Section a Milk and Dairies Order with respect to the 

 inspection of cattle in a dairy may authorise the person making 

 the inspection to require any cow to be milked in his presence 

 and to take samples of the milk, and to require that the milk 

 from any particular teat shall be kept separate and to take 

 separate samples thereof. 



Section 3 gives power to the medical officer of health of a 

 county or county borough to report that tuberculosis is caused, 

 or is likely to be caused, by the consumption of milk from any 

 particular dairy and the County Council may then, after asking 

 for an explanation from the dairyman, if he does not show 

 cause why an order should not be made, make an order 

 prohibiting him either absolutely, or unless prescribed condi- 

 tions are complied with, from supplying for human consumption 

 any milk from the dairy or from any particular cow or cows 

 therein. The procedure for making an order of this kind is 

 contained in the Second Schedule to the Act, and an appeal is 

 thereby given to a dairyman aggrieved by the making or 



