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food and druga, Power is given to the Board of Agriculture to make
regulations for determining the standards to be taken in the analysis of
milk, cream, butter, and cheese, and articles of food may be sampled by
the Local Government Board, and by the Board of Agriculture. When
condensed, separated or skimmed milk or cream, is sold in tins, the tin
containing the article must be conspicuously marked indicating the
nature of the contents.
Margarine cheese, which means any substance which is prepared
in imitation of cheese, and which contains fat not derived from milk,
comes in for special notice, and no one is allowed to sell or expose for
sale any Margarine the fat of which contains more than ten per cent.
of butter fat. Every person, who by himself or his servant, in any
highway or place of public resort, sells milk or cream from any vehicle,
can, &c, must have his name and address conspicuously inscribed on
the vehicle or receptacle. All mixtures are to be clearly labelled, and
the labels must not be obscured by other matter printed thereon. At
the request, or with the consent of, the purchaser, or consignee,
samples of all articles may be taken in course of delivery. Proceedings
for prosecutions must be taken within twenty-eight days, with a
minimum limit of fourteen days for summons to be returnable. The
expression " Food " now includes any article used for food or drink by
man, except drugs and water and any article which ordinarily enters
into, or is used in, the composition or preparation of food, condiments,
and flavoring matters.
Sanitary Legislation, 1899. —Among the Acts passed in 1899, the
sanitary provisions of which affect the Metropolis, may be mentioned:—
The London Government Act, 1899. By this Act, 2nd Schedule,
part 1, section 6 (4), the following duties and powers will be
transferred from the London County Council to the Borough
Councils : the registration of dairymen, and the duty of enforcing
the Bye-laws and Regulations with respect to dairies and milk,
and with respect to slaughter houses, knackers yards, and offensive
businesses; and the power to adopt part 111. of the Housing of
the Working Classes Act.
The Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899, empowers Local