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Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
(Vide Circular 360 of the Ministry of Health.)
5. Action taken under Section 4 of the Milk and Dairies
(Amendment) Act, 1922:—
(a) (1) Number of samples of milk certified by
the Public Analyst to contain colouring
matter 3
(2) Action taken thereon—
Three cases—Vendors summoned. Fined respectively
£2 and £1 1s. costs; 5s. (no costs);
and £1 with £1 1s. costs.
(b) (1) Number of samples of milk certified by
Public Analyst to contain extraneous water 6
(2) Action taken thereon—
Vendor summoned 4
Convictions (fines with or without costs) 1
Dismissed on payment of costs 2
Dismissed without costs 1
Vendor cautioned 2
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.
Under the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915, 2 proceedings
were taken against a milk vendor for selling milk without
having his name and address conspicuously inscribed on the vehicle,
(vide p. 66).
Advantage was taken of Section 9 and the Third Schedule of
this Act by milk purveyors in 19 cases relating to 27 samples of
milk. Of these, 18 were reported by the Public Analyst to be
genuine. In the case of the remaining 9 samples which were
certified to be adulterated and which were the subject of legal
proceedings, 8 of these were taken in course of delivery from the
producer, at whose subsequent request eight further samples were
taken at his farm. Of these, 6 were certified to be genuine, and
2 to be deficient in milk fat to the extent of 2 per cent. and 9 per
cent. respectively. The Magistrate dismissed the summonses
issued in respect of the 8 original samples. In the case of the ninth
sample the requirement of the vendor was not delivered within the
time prescribed by the Act. The summons in this case was dismissed
on payment of two guineas costs.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
The provisions of the above-named Order, which had already
been brought to the notice of milk purveyors in the Borough
and which are referred to in detail in the Annual Report for 1926
of the Medical Officer of Health, were enforced by the Council's
Officers during the year under report. It was unnecessary, however,
to take any legal action during the year for breaches of the
Order.