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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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(1) is contained in a tin or other receptacle which is labelled
in the manner prescribed in the First Schedule to
these Regulations ; and
(2) contains not less than the appropriate percentages of
milk fat and milk solids as specified in the Second
Schedule to these Regulations ;
Provided that the provisions of this Article shall not apply
in any case where the condensed milk is intended to be reexported
or is contained in a tin or other receptacle whose
gross weight exceeds five pounds.
Part IV.
In any proceedings under these Regulations the certificate
of the Government Chemist or the public analyst, as the case
may be, of the result of the chemical examination of a sample
shall be sufficient evidence of the facts therein stated unless the
defendant requires that the person who made the examination
be called as a witness.
A person, in relation to anything within his knowledge,
shall truly answer all such questions put to him by the
authorities authorised to enforce and execute these Regulations
or their Officers or by an officer authorised by the Minister as
may be necessary for the purposes of these Regulations, and
shall produce for inspection all such books as the authority or
officer may reasonably require for the purposes of ascertaining
the persons or places from which condensed milk has been
obtained and to whom and where it has been consigned or
otherwise.
In any proceedings under these Regulations, where the
fact that any condensed milk has been dealt with contrary to
these Regulations has been proved, if the defendant shall
desire to rely upon any exception or provision contained in these