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The Public Health (Preservatives, &c., in Food) Amendment
Regulations, 1926, dated December 10, 1926,
made by the Minister of Health.
The Minister of Health, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon
him by the Public Health Act, 1875, the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, the Public Health Act, 1896, the Public Health (Regulations as
to Food) Act, 1907, and the Butter and Margarine Act, 1907, and of
every other power enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the
following Regulations, with the consent of the Commissioners of
Customs and Excise, so far as they apply to the Officers of Customs
and Excise, that is to say:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Preservatives,
&c., in Food) Amendment Regulations, 1926.
2. The Public Health (Preservatives, &c., in Food) Regulations, 1925,
shall be amended as follows:—
(1) For the proviso to Article 1 there shall be substituted the
following proviso,—
"Provided that—
(i) the Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day
of July, 1927, so far as they relate to bacon, ham and
egg yolk, and on the 1st day of January, 1928, so far
as they relate to butter and cream and to the revocation
of such of the provisions of the Public Health
(Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912, and the Public
Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912, Amendment
Order, 1917, as relate to cream; and
(ii) so far as the Regulations prohibit the sale of an article
of food containing any preservative which is necessarily
introduced by the use in its preparation of
preserved margarine, preserved egg yolk, preserved
bacon, preserved ham, preserved cream, or preserved
butter, they shall come into operation on the following
dates, viz.—
(a) the 1st day of July, 1927, where the preservative
has been so introduced by the use of preserved
margarine;
(b) the 1st day of January, 1928, where the preservative
has been so introduced by the use of
preserved bacon, preserved ham, preserved egg
yolk or preserved cream; and
(c) the 1st day of July, 1928, where the preservative
has been so introduced by the use of preserved
butter."
(2) In the definition of "preservative" contained in Article 2 (1)
the word "glycerine" shall be inserted after the word
"vinegar."
(3) For Article 4 (2) there shall be substituted the following
paragraph:—
"(2) The following provisions shall have effect with respect
to any of the articles of food mentioned in paragraph 1
of the Second Schedule to these Regulations which
contains any preservative specified in Part I of the