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The Circular accompanying the Regulations states that
The Regulations are largely the result of representations made to
the Local Government Board by Local Authorities (under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Act) and the Trade.
Existing arrangements for the collection and examination of milk
samples under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act can readily
be extended for the working of these Regulations.
The Medical Offioer of Health is to be instructed to exercise general
supervision over the carrying out of these Regulations.
The Milk and Cream Regulations are made under the Public
Health (Food Regulations) Act, 1907. They a're intended as an
additional measure to the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, the working
of which Act is not to be affected by them. Under the Regulations
either formal or informal samples may be taken.
For taking formal samples the existing officers and
machinery working the Sale of Food and Drugs Act can be
used.
The taking of informal samples, though perhaps acting
as a warning to vendors, will not be useful for prosecutions.
The Sale of Food and Drugs Act provides that the certificate
of the analyst is sufficient evidence, but r.o provision can be made
in Regulations for the analyst's certificate to be sufficient evidence
in itself, so that the analyst must attend the Court to prove his
certificate.
Samples taken in the manner required by the Sale of Food
and Drugs Act, can be used for prosecution either under the Sale
of Food and Drugs Act or under the Regulations.
The Regulations deal with two articles :—
(1) Cream. (2) Preserved Cream.
(1) " Cream " found to contain Boric Acid incurs a heavy
penalty.
(2) " Preserved Cream " must be labelled as such, with a
declaratory label stating the amount of Boric Acid preient.
(a) If the amount of the Boric Acid present exceeds the
amount stated on the label, the vendor can be prosecuted
under the Regulations.
(b) If the amount of Boric Acid present is sufficient in quantity
to be injurious to health, the vendor can be prosecuted
under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, even
though complying with the requirements of the
Regulations by a declaratory label.