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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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No person shall sell or expose for sale or deposit in any
place for the purposes of sale, or despatch or deliver to any
purchaser, broker, or agent any dried milk intended for human
consumption unless the dried milk—
(1) is contained in a tin or other receptacle which is
labelled in the manner prescribed in the Schedule to
these Regulations ; and
(2) contains not less than the following percentages of
milk fat, namely :—
In the case of milk described as dried full cream
milk not less than 26 per cent. ;
In the case of milk described as dried three quarter
cream milk not less than 20 per cent. ;
In the case of milk described as dried half cream
milk not less than 14 per cent. ; and
In the case of milk described as dried quarter cream
milk not less than 8 per cent. :
Provided that—
(a) The provisions of this Article shall not apply
in any case where the dried milk is contained
in a tin or other receptacle whose gross
weight exceeds ten pounds ; and
(b) Where dried milk is sold by weight and is
not placed in the tin or other receptacle in
which it is delivered to the purchaser until
immediately before such delivery, the provisions
of Rules 1 to 4 of the Schedule shall
be deemed to be satisfied if the matter
therein required to appear on a label affixed
to the tin or other receptacle is printed on a
separate label or notice delivered to the
purchaser, and the last sentence of the