Why does the UK have colour-coded milk?

Опубликовано: 25 Июль 2026
на канале: Chris Spargo

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0:00 Intro
0:48 Enter Milkman
2:32 A Milk Glass Half-Empty
4:37 Pour No More
7:25 The Years of Confusion
10:56 The Person Behind This

Interview shot by ‪@henryhopkin‬

Thanks to John Morris

Thanks to the Sainsbury Archive for allowing me to licence their images of what I'm going to call "pre-Morris" milk bottles
https://www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/

Music by Little Tin Frog, used with permission
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Little Tin Frog - Just a Baby
Little Tin Frog - Bodies in Emotion
Little Tin Frog - Unaware
Little Tin Frog - Complex
Little Tin Frog - Waiting to Be

Milkman clip
   • The Milk Man | 1970s Milk Float | 1970's B...

The Milk and Dairies (Milk Bottle Caps) (Colour) Regulations 1973
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1...

Regulation (EEC) No 1411/71
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/197...

Michael English's semi-skimmed milk speech in the House of Commons
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons...

Gastrointestinal infections caused by consumption of raw drinking milk in England & Wales, 1992–2017
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...