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proposed new Act provision should be made for the proper
labelling of such. This has now been provided for in the Food
and Drugs Act, 1899, which came into operation on the 1st of
January, 1900, and requires, that "Every tin or other receptacle
containing condensed separated or skimmed milk must bear a
label clearly visible to the purchaser, on which the words
'Machine-skimmed Milk' or 'Skimmed Milk as the case may
require, are printed in large and legible type, and if any person,
sells or exposes or offers for sale condensed separated or
skimmed milk in contravention of this section he shall be liable
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds."
Unsound
Food
With a view to the encouragement of the sale of
wholesome food, a practice has for some time past
been adopted that when retail vendors become aware that articles
of food purchased of wholesale dealers are unsound and unfit for
human consumption, they attend with the same at the Public
Health Offices, and if satisfied that no attempt has been made to
sell the articles, they are condemned by the Vestry's Officers,
and cremated at the Dust Destructor, and a certificate is given
in support of any claim upon the wholesale firm who originally
sold the same. This no doubt prevents a large amount of
unsound food being offered for sale. Twenty certificates have
been granted during the year under these circumstances.
The whole of the butchers, fishmongers, fruiterers, and other
tradesmen's premises have been kept under close and frequent
supervision both on week days and Sundays, and it was found
necessary in consequence of their unsound condition to seize the
following articles of food and take the same before the magistrate
at the South Western Police Court for condemnation:—
(1). Tins ot salmon
(2). Meat
(3). Tomatoes
(4). Apples.