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The Committee considered a circular letter from the Council of
the City of Westminster referring to a case in which a Sanitary
Inspector was instructed to obtain samples of milk at the place of
delivery, under Section 3 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1879.
Samples of milk consigned to places within the City were taken at
the Railway Depot outside the City, and proceedings for adulteration
followed. The summons was dismissed on the ground that Inspectors
could not seize at the place of delivery unless such place of delivery
was within the district for which they were appointed, and the
decision was upheld on appeal.
The Westminster City Council suggested that some plan of
combined action should be agreed upon, whereby, at the request
and expense of the Council of the Borough to which milk is consigned
samples might be taken at the Railway Depots by the Inspectors of
the Councils of the respective Boroughs in which such depots are
situated. The proposed arrangement was approved of by the
Committee.