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definition and of any Regulations under the Public Health (Regulations as
to Food) Act, 1907, every Official Certificate which, by a notice published
in the London Gazette at any time during the period of twelve months
beginning on the First day of October, One thousand nine hundred and
eight, is declared to be admissible as aforesaid, shall, notwithstanding
anything prescribed in the notice, continue to be so admissible until, by
a further notice to be published in the London Gazette, the said Official
Certificate is declared to be no longer so admissible;
"(i.) The expression 'Foreign Meat of Class 1.' means foreign meat
in the form
"(a.) Of scrap meat, namely, meat which, whether it is fresh, or has,
before importation, been subjected to a process of freezing or other
refrigeration, or to chemical or other treatment, with or without the
addition of any preservative or colouring substance—
"(i.) consists of scraps, trimmings, or other pieces (whether with
or without bone in its natural state of attachment) of such shape or
in such condition as to afford insufficient means of identification
with definite parts of a carcase; and
"(ii.) has not, before importation, been made ready for human
consumption in the form of a sausage, or of another prepared or
manufactured article of food;
or
"(b.) Of tripe, namely, any edible part of the stomach, or
Of a tongue or kidney,
to which formalin, or a solution, or other preparation of, or comprising
formic aldehyde; or a compound containing fluorine or boron; or
salicylic acid, formic acid, sulphurous acid, benzoic acid, or any
compound of any such acid has been applied;
or
"(c.) Of several parts of the carcase of a pig, or of other edible parts
of a pig, which have not, before importation, been salted, cured, pickled,
dried, or smoked, or otherwise prepared in the manner in which bacon
or ham is ordinarily prepared, and which are not contained in a box,
case, receptacle, or package with an Official Certificate impressed
thereon, or affixed or attached thereto;
or
"(d.) Of several parts of the carcase of a pig, or of other edible parts
of a pig, which have, before importation, been salted, cured, pickled,
dried, or smoked, or otherwise prepared in the manner in which bacon
or ham is ordinarily prepared, and which are not contained in a box,
case, receptacle, or package with an Official Certificate impressed
thereon, or affixed or attached thereto, and which, in the case of the