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Sale of Food and Drugs Bill.
A Bill has been introduced into the House of Commons by the President
and Parliamentary Secretary of the Local Government Board to amend the
Acts relating to the sale of food and drugs, but, as it does not give effect to
some of the most important recommendations made by the Select Committee
of the House of Commons which was appointed to enquire into the working
of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act and the Margarine Act, it cannot be
considered as likely to remedy the admittedly unsatisfactory character of the
existing law, and the Vestry have adopted the following resolution, which
they have ordered to be sent to the Local Government Board : —
1. That the draft Bill introduced by the President and Secretary of the
Local Government Board is unsatisfactory, inasmuch as it does not
embody the most important recommendations of the Food Products
Adulteration Committee, and that if passed it would not lead to
the removal of the difficulties experienced in carrying out the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
2. That the recommendations of the Food Products Adulteration
Committee should be embodied in any Bill which may be put before
Parliament during the present session.
3- That the most important recommendation of the Select Committee
(viz., Recommendation No. 19), referring to the formation of a
Court of Reference constituted substantially as laid down in the
body of the report, should be acted upon if new legislation is to
lead to satisfactory results.
Bakehouses.
There are 82 bakehouses in Fulham, of which 70 are underground.
They have been regularly inspected during the year and been found in a
fairly satisfactory condition.
Slaughter-Houses.
The licenses of the undermentioned slaughter-houses were renewed in
October last by the County Council, no objection to the renewal being raised