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The wholesale dealer who supplied the retail vendors
also appeared before the Committee giving a like testimony,
and he stated that the Boric Acid was added to
maintain the Cream at a certain standard of sourness.
Enquiries were made, and there appearing to be no
reason to doubt the bona fides of the vendors, the Committee
exercised its discretion, and the vendors were each
cautioned, as was also the wholesale man.
In addition to the warning which was given to these
dealers a notice was issued to all purveyors of milk and
cream in the Borough calling attention to the main provisions
of the Eegulations, and to the intention of the Committee
to strictly enforce the same.
2. Cream sold as preserved cream.
In four instances samples were submitted for analysis
to ascertain if the statements on the label as to preservatives,
were correct. In each case the correctness of the
statement was confirmed.
Four determinations were made of milk fat in cream
sold as preserved cream, and in each instance the proportion
of milk fat was above 35 per cent.
In no case were contraventions observed of the requirements
as to labelling or declaration of preserved
cream, or as to the deposit of preserved cream for sale,
or as to the dispatch or delivery, of preserved cream.
3. Thickening substances.
In no case was any evidence discovered by the Public
Analyst of the addition of any thickening substances to
cream, or preserved cream.