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in which the preservative had been used in such
quantity as to be injurious to health, no action could
be taken to prevent its use.
In the cases of four samples of Milk, all slightly
adulterated, the vendors were cautioned, the offence
being too slight to warrant a prosecution.
In consequence of "legal" notice be given at the
time of sale, no proceedings were possible in the
following cases:—two milks 12 per cent. and 36 per
cent. deficient in fat respectively, one margarine, which
was sold as butter, but in a paper stamped "margarine,"
one "butter" containing 90 per cent. of foreign fat,
and one coffee containing 60 per cent. of chicory.