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ALL LORRIES used to transpc milk and dairy products shoL be given an automatic exam illme in the event of a Great London ban, according to Hall, technical secretary of t Dairy Trade Federation.
The DFT represents dairy col panies, creamery proprieto co-operative societies and p vate dairymen.
Also giving evidence with t Federation were Express Dairit Unigate and the Royal Arser and South Suburban Co-opel tive Societies.
Fresh milk and fresh da produce should be consum within 48 hours and so need swift and efficient transpc system, Mr Hall pointed out. T system that has evolved is t one most suited to the deman of the London market.
The distribution vehicles, c signed for the specific purpo of transporting milk in bottl and cartons are 95 per cent ft he told the panel.
Milk is processed and then c livered to some 200 retail disi bution centres throughout Lc don.
The loading bays have be constructed specifically for t lorries and any weight restr tions would involve costly layc and structural alterations.
Milk has to be delivered sev days a week owing to its pE shable nature, Mr Hall e plained. If time restrictions WE introduced, about 25 per cc more vehicles would be neeciE that means 195 extra 32.5 ton lorries, he estimated.
A 16-ton weight limit woi increase transport costs by E proximately 50 per cent at sor dairies, Mr Hall said.
"Doorstep deliveries wot also be put at risk, "with the E suing loss of 10,000 jobs," added.