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lg   The following is a summary of the samples examined in
QS the public service laboratories:
ic' i Bacteriological samples .................................... 25,620
ug ‘ Food samples ....................,.................................,........ 818
Drug samples ,.....,. T .................................................... 202 .
· Total .........................i.,............ ; .................................. 26,640
 A Sterile, containers sent out ............... 30,371 outfits l
. Creamery and Tester’s License. There are now 50 cream-
sts _ cries, ice cream factories and milk plants operating in the -
pts, » State of Kentucky, 15 of which are located in adjoining states.
ml Q 011 January 1 of this year, there were 517 licensed cream sta-
  tions and this number increased to 612 by June 30, on which i
 . date all licenses expire. There were 387 license renewals on
nn- ‘ July 1 and 40 new licenses issued during the six-months period
Om-  ` following, making a total of 427. Fifty transfer licenses were ' _
i granted during the year, 212 new testers’ licenses and 316 per-
 . mits. There are now 435 licensed testers in the state and 27 \
, by `C operators holding permits pending examination.
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VM- , · Lrcam station inspection was actively carried on for only ·
 · six months, one inspector doing most: of the work. During
" this period 167 towns were visited and 260 inspections made.
SCCL  _ Nineteen special investigations were conducted at the instance
mm  2 of firms or individuals who reported violations of the law on i
Gard : liili? part of operators, The results of these investigations show-
mdsy  ‘· Gd that most of the complaints were without fOl111(l21lZ1011,rElllLl1O
; a few cases of intentional over-reading were found. lt has
L been found that station shortage has decreased very material-
lg of Q IY, the average shortage now being around one per cent,
A up   “`ii€l'GllS a shrinkage of from three to five per cent WHS T0-
 ;. ported last year.
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n of a { Thirty-one tester’s license examinations were held, notices
 ; being sent to 459 men and women. Of the 267 who appeared,
 ` -11, or 15.3 per cent, failed to pass. Many of those not present