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any article used or capable of being used in the preparation of
dried milk and of any labels designed to be used for affixing
to tins or other receptacles of dried milk.
Where the Local Authority on a report to them from the
public analyst or otherwise are of opinion that a consignment
of dried milk deposited within their district and intended for
sale for human consumption does not comply with the
requirements of these Regulations they shall endeavour to
ascertain where it was manufactured and labelled. If it is
ascertained that such dried milk was manufactured or labelled
at a place In England or Wales, the Local Authority shall
communicate the facts which they have ascertained to the
Local Authority for the district in which such place is situated.
If it is ascertained that such dried milk was manufactured
or labelled at a place not in England or Wales, the Local
Authority shall communicate the facts to the Minister.
In any proceedings under these Regulations the certificate
of the public analyst 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 analyst 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 dried milk has been
obtained and to whom and where it has been consigned or
otherwise.