Mexborough and Swinton Times March 8, 1929

Defective Churn.

Wath Prosecution.

A milk hunt which failed to come up to the standards required by the sanitary authorities was the subject of three summonses against Hindell’s Dairy Farmers Ltd., of Leeds, which were heard at the Rotherham West Riding Police Court on Monday.

The defendants were fined 12 for using a milk churn incapable of being easily cleaned, .E,2 for using a faulty lid, and a further £2 for failing to take precautions against the mill being contaminated by dirt.

Mr. A. Jackson, prosecuting on behalf of the Wath Urban District Council, said the defendants were registered by the Council as wholesale milk purveyors. A man, named Oxley Haigh, of Wath, who was registered as a retail milk dealer, had a contract with the defendants, who supplied him with a quantity of milk, which was delivered by rail at Wath station. On Jan. 16 Hairy Taylor, sanitary inspector to the Wath Council, visited Haigh’s dairy and examined a 17-gallon churn. The bottom of the churn was badly corroded inside, and there were six patches of solder on the outside, showing that the corrosion must have eaten right through. The Lid of the churn had openings for ventilation and a further opening, six inches long, which had been caused by the removal of a brass ownership plate.

Evidence was given by Harry Taylor, and by Oxley Haigh, who agreed that the churn was not in a satisfactory condition.

Mr. Lomas Walker, of Leeds, who represented defendants, submitted that the churn should have been produce. It was one of several hundred, he said, and the firm had had no notice of the complaint wail the summonses was issued.