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Hammersmith 1923

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1923

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sumption on the premises, the receptacle containing
the condensed milk shall not be required to be
labelled in the manner prescribed by these
Regulations.
The Medical Officer of Health, and any person authorised
by him or by the Local Authority in writing, may procure any
sample of condensed milk, and where an analysis is required
for the purposes of these Regulations shall submit the sample
to the public analyst and shall forthwith notify to the seller or
his agent selling the condensed milk his intention to have the
same analysed by the public analyst.
Except where the sample is procured for the purpose
of testing the quantity of milk or skimmed milk of which the
contents of a tin or other receptacle are the equivalent, the
provisions of Section 14 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act,
1875 (b) as amended by Section 13 of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Act, 1899, (a) relating to the division of the sample
into three parts and the separation, marking and disposal of
such parts shall apply.
Any Officer authorised by the Minister and any Officer
of the Local Authority duly authorised by the Authority in
writing shall have power to enter at all reasonable times any
premises where condensed milk is prepared packed labelled or
stored, and to inspect any process carried on therein and to
take samples of any article used or capable of being used in
the preparation of condensed milk, and of any labels designed
to be used for affixing to tins or other receptacles of condensed
milk.
Where the Local Authority on a report to them from the
public analyst or otherwise are of opinion that a consignment
of condensed milk deposited within their district and intended
for sale for human consumption does not comply with the