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“F.”—(1) For selling adulterated butter, £ s. d.
and
For selling unlabelled margarine.
Fined, with costs, £3 10s. 6d. on
each summons in all 7 1 0
In the ease of selling adulterated butter and unlabelled
margarine, several test purchases were made before the official
sample on which the legal proceedings were founded was
taken.
The proceedings in respect of “B” were taken as the
result of a complaint received that in a certain part of the
Borough and the adjoining district skimmed milk was being
sold as milk by an itinerant vendor. As the result of
inquiries at houses where purchases were made, it was found
that circulars in the following terms had been distributed:—
SAFE MILK SUPPLY.
We beg to remind the Public that the whole of the
Medical Profession are recommending all milk to be
sterilized
We are now offering to the Public
PURE STERILIZED SEPARATED MILK
Per 2d. Quart.
It is easy of digestion and is drank with absolute
safety by Children and Invalids
A TRIAL MOST RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
N.B.—Invaluable for Puddings.
When the Official Sample was taken the man most distinctly
cried “Pure Milk” and “Pure Sterilised Milk.”
The summonses in respect of “C” were against a
farmer, the samples being taken at the Railway Station immediately
the churns were put out of the train and before they
had been received by the local vendor.
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