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A summons was taken out against the man, who was fined £2
(and 2s. costs).
In one instance, a man was summoned for selling milk from
a milk barrow, which was not labelled and marked with the
name and address of the vendor, and the man was fined 10s.
with 12s. 6d. costs.
The various articles analysed were as follows:—
(a) Milk.
493 samples were taken, and, of these, 53 (i.e., 10.8 per cent.)
were declared by the Analyst to be adulterated. Connected with
these 53 adulterated samples, in 34, summonses were taken out
and convictions obtained, viz: (a) added water (13), varying from
5 per cent. to 36 per cent.; (b) cream abstracted (18), varying
from 7 per cent. to 18 per cent.; (c) both added water and
abstracted cream (2), eg., 9 per cent. added water and 7 per
cent. abstracted cream, and 8 per cent. added water aud 12 per
cent. abstracted cream respectively; (d) mixed new and
separated milk being sold as new milk (1). In connection with
the remaining 19 adulterated samples, in 3, summonses were
taken out, but dismissed in 2* (warranty proved), and withdrawn
in 1† (wrong man summoned); whilst in the remaining 16, no
action was taken for the following reason:—
(1) amount of adulteration too small, e.g., (a) added water
4 per cent. (2 cases), (b) abstracted cream 7, 8, 4, 6, 7, 8, and
9 per cent. (7 cases), (c) added water and abstracted cream
4 per cent. and 7 per cent. respectively (1 case);
(2) sample sold as separated milk with 90 per cent. of the
cream deficient (1 case);
(3) sample bottles retained by Inspector burst (3 cases); ‡
(4) vendors could not be found (2 cases). §
In the 2 cases in which the warranty was proved,
2 summonses were taken out against the Farmers—one being
dismissed with £2 2s. costs against the Council, and one
withdrawn, on technical grounds.
*Cream abstracted 12 and 13 per cent. respectively.
†Cream abstracted 11 per cent.
‡Cream abstracted 11 per cent., water added 8 per cent., and cream
abstracted and water added 39 per cent. and 7 per cent.
§Cream abstracted 9 and 12 per cent. respectively.