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PUBLIC HEALTH (MILK AND CREAM) REGULATIONS, 1912 AND 1917.
Report for Year ended 31st December, 1926.

Nature of preservative in each ease in column (b), and action taken under Regulations in regard to it:—
C. 199. Cream. 0.158 per cent. of boron trioxide, equal to 0.280 per cent. of boric acid.
A. 223. Cream. 0.107 per cent. of boron trioxide, equal to 0.189 per cent. of boric acid.
A warning letter was addressed to the vendors by order of the Public Health Committee. No
legal proceedings were instituted.
2. Cream sold as Preserved Cream.
(a) Instances in which samples have been submitted for analysis to ascertain if the statements
on the labels as to Preservatives were correct:—
(i) Correct statements made 14
(ii) Statements incorrect —
Total 14
(iii) Percentage of preservative found in Percentage stated on statutory
each sample: Boric acid, 0.223, label: 0.4.
0.236, 0.211, 0.273, 0.161, 0. 099,
0.260, 0.161, 0.248, 0.186, 0.149.
0.223, 0.124 and nil.
(b) Determinations made of milk fat in cream sold as preserved cream: —
(i) Above 35 per cent 14
(ii) Below 35 per cent —
Total 14
(c) Instances where (apart from analysis) the requirements as to labelling or declaration of
preserved cream in Article V (1) and the proviso in Article V (2) of the Regulations have
not been observed: None.
(d) Particulars of each case in which the Regulations have not been complied with, and action
taken : None.
3. Thickening Substances.—Any evidence of their addition to cream or to preserved cream,
Action taken where found: None.