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No new legislation has been effected during the
year, but two Bills based on the Report of the Food
Products Committee were brought before the House
of Commons, one in the early part of the session by
Mr. Kearley and others as a private measure, and
the second in the last weeks of the session by the
Government. The former measure, although not
entirely acceptable, was a fairly successful attempt to
give effect to the Report of the Committee, the latter
a perfunctory fulfilment of a pledge given earlier
in the session. Both Bills were included in the
"slaughter of the innocents."
The subject of the amendment of existing legislation
was referred to the Sanitary Committee by the
Vestry, and ultimately the Committee presented a
full Report on the reference, together with the
following recommendations, which were adopted by
the Vestry nem. con.:-
(a.) That all receptacles, trucks, &c , used for distributing food stuffs,
should be marked with the name and address of the owner, and that penalties
should be prescribed for failure to so mark or for falsely marking.
(b.) That mixtures should be labelled as such in letters of minimum
size, either on a separate label to be attached to the package after making up,
or printed on the wrapper in such a position that they shall be conspicuously
visible when the package is made up.
That the composition of mixtures sold under registered trade marks should
be disclosed and recorded at the time of registration and entered on the
certificate of registration, and the proportions of the ingredients of other
mixtures should be set out on the label. Mixtures sold under registered
trade marks to be sold in the manufacturers' packages only.
(c.) That where a sample has been referred to Somerset House by the
magistrate, the Government analyst and the public analyst should be liable to
be called as witnesses for cross examination, as to methods of analysis and
interpretations of results, at the adjourned hearing.