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Table XII. —Prosecutions in connection with Samples taken during 1904.
Sample.
Adulteration.
Result.
No.
117h
Milk
Added water 12 per cent.
Fined £1 and 12/6 costs
164w
Separated Milk
Said sample not a separated milk
but a whole milk containing 5
per cent. of added water
Dismissed; magistrate held no
prejudice to purchaser
211a
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 20 per cent.
Fined £1 and 12/6 costs
Milk
124h
Deficient in milk fat 10 per cent.
Dismissed; warranty proved
333c
Butter
Margarine 100 per cent.
Fined £2 and 12/6 costs
386b
Cod Liver Oil
Consisted of at least 90 per cent.
of oil other than Cod Liver Oil
Fined £1 and £2 2s. costs
174w
Cod Liver Oil
Consisted of at least 90 per cent.
of oil other than Cod Liver Oil
Fined £1 and £5 5s. costs
139h
Fined £1 and £5 5s. costs
Cod Liver Oil
Consisted of at least 90 per cent.
of oil other than Cod Liver Oil
135h
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 16 per cent.
Dismissed; warranty proved
Fined £10 and 14/6 costs
147h
Butter
Margarine containing 9 per cent. of
butter fat
149h
Margarine containing 8 per cent. of
butter fat
Fined £5 and 14/6 costs
Butter
220a
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 15 per cent.
Fined £1 and 12/6 costs
222a
Margarine
Bulk not marked
Fined the costs, 12/6
Fined £1 and 12/6 costs
256t
Malt Vinegar
Malt Vinegar about 20 per cent.,
Wood Vinegar about 80 per cent.
Deficient in milk fat 15 per cent.
229a
Milk
Fined £1 and 12/6 costs
Milk
Added water 8 per cent.
Fined £2, and 12/6 costs
268t
Milk
Fined £2 and 18/6 costs
419b
Deficient in milk fat 10 per cent.
Fined and 12/6 costs
421b
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 10 per cent.
Milk
Fined £2 and 12/6 costs
424b
Deficient in milk fat 13 per cent.
Fined £l and 12/6 costs
174h
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 17 per cent.
Dismissed; warranty proved
240 a
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 30 per cent.
276t
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 22 per cent.
Fined £3 and 12/6 costs
280t
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 18 per cent.
Fined £1 and 12/6 costs
*229s
Separated Milk
Boracic acid preservatives equivalent
to 17.5 grains per pint
Fined £5 and 12/6 costs
Butter
32d
Margarine 100 per cent.
Fined £2 and 12/6 costs
33d
Butter
Margarine 100 per cent. and wrapper
not marked
Fined £3 and 12/6 costs for
wrapper not marked. Summons
for "Margarine sold as
Butter" withdrawn, 2/- costs
34d
Butter
Margarine 100 per cent.
Fined £3 and 12/6 costs
288t
Butter
Margarine 100 per cent.
Fined £1 and 12/6 costs
185h
Batter
Margarine 100 per cent, and wrapper
not marked
Fined £2 and 12/6 costs. Summons
for "Wrapper not
marked" withdrawn, 2/-costs
239s
Milk
Separated milk containing 0.10 per
cent, of boracic acid (8¾ grains
per pint)
Fined £5 and 12/6 costs
Butter
193h
Margarine 100 per cent.
Fined £3 and 12/6 costs
Milk
Added water 15 per cent
Fined £3 and 12/6 costs
374c
198h
Milk
Vehicle not marked
Costs 12/6
211j
Margarine
Wrapper not marked
Fined £3 and 12/6 costs
461b
Butter
Fats other than butter fat 20 per
cent., water, salt and curd, and
traces of boracic acid 16.8 per
cent., and wrapper not marked
Fined £1 and 12/6 costs. Summons
for "Wrapper not
marked" withdrawn
Milk
206h
Added water 10 per cent., deficient
in milk fat 14 per cent.
Fined and 14/6 costs
208h
Milk
Added water 12 per cent.
Fined £1 and 12/6 costs
213j
Butter
Margarine 100 per cent.; wrapper
not marked
Fined £2 and 12/6 costs. Summons
for "Wrapper not
marked" withdrawn, 2/- costs
Ginger Wine
Dismissed.
463b
13 grains per pint of salicylic acid
223j
Butter
Fined £2 and 14/6 costs
Margarine 100 per cent
331t
Coffee
Chicory 45 per cent.
Fined £1 and 12/6 costs
Milk
Water beyond that in standard milk
5 per cent.
272s
Dismissed; warranty proved
239j
Demerara Sugar
Consisted of white sugar crystals
coloured with a yellow aniline dye
Withdrawn, 12/6 costs
Demerara Sugar
245j
Consisted of white sugar crystals
coloured with a vellow aniline dye
Withdrawn, 12/6 costs
SUMMARY.
Fines £76 0 0
Costs 35 9 6
£93 9 6
*In this case the defendant went to prison for 1 month in lieu of paying fine.