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The Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act,
1928.
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries may by Regulation
prescribe grade designations as he may consider appropriate, to
indicate the quality of any articles of agricultural produce.
No instance was discovered in 1935 of the improper use of the
National Mark by unauthorised persons, of the Mark being falsely
applied, or the use of a Mark calculated to mislead.
Section 3 provides for the marking of British eggs, on sale,
or exposed for sale that have been subjected to any process of
preservation.
There is one premises in this Borough, registered for this
purpose, and no British eggs were deposited for preservation, during
the year under review.
Butter Factories, and Wholesale Dealers in Margarine.
Section 8 of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928,
provides that all butter factories, and wholesale dealers in margarine,
shall be registered by the local authority.
At the end of the year 1935, there were 19 wholesale dealers
in margarine on the register of this authority.
Artificial Cream Act, 1929.
The Borough Council are required under the provisions of this
Act to register all premises in which Artificial Cream is manufactured,
sold or exposed for sale for human consumption.
Section 2 (1) of the Artificial Cream Act, 1929, states : —
Artificial cream shall not be manufactured, sold or exposed or kept for
sale for human consumption except at premises registered with the Food and Drugs
Authority :
Provided that this requirement shall not apply—
(a) to the manufacture of artificial cream, by any person solely for his
domestic purposes; or
(b) to the manufacture on any premises of artificial cream for use in the
preparation on those premises of some other article of food ; or
(c) to the sale, exposure or keeping for sale of artificial cream on any
premises where it is not supplied otherwise than in the properly
closed and unopened receptacles in which it was delivered to those
premises.
Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923 to 1927,
and Public Health (Dried Milk) Regulations, 1923 to 1927.
Three samples of condensed full cream milk sweetened, and one
sample of dried full cream milk, were submitted for examination,
and all conformed to the prescribed composition.