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The difference, viz., ten, between the total offences
against the Acts, and the number of summonses issued,
is accounted for as follows:—In the case of three milks
the deficiency in fat was so slight that the Committee
in the exercise of their discretion administered warnings
to the vendors ; in two instances of milks deficient to
the extent of 36 per cent. and 12 per cent. of fat
respectively, a notice was exhibited in each shop stating
that though the milk was sold in an unaltered state as
received from the contractors, it was not guaranteed to
meet the requirements of the Sale of Food and Drugs
Acts ; this afforded ample protection to the vendor,
although the position of the consumer would hardly be
considered as satisfactory. Comment upon a law allowing
such a state of things would be superfluous. In two
cases butter was asked for and nothing was said by the
vendor to lead the purchaser to suppose that any other
article was being sold, but in each case margarine was
supplied, the vendor being duly protected in one instance
by a paper wrapper not too plainly marked "Margarine,"
and in the other by a notice similar to the milk notice
mentioned above ; two other minor offences were involved
in the cases of these two "butters" but did not