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Meat The Meat Products Order (No. 3), 1952, came into
operation on 1st January and replaced, the No. 2 Order.
The Offals in Meat Products Order, 1953, which became
effective from 1st March, prohibits the use of certain
offal in the composition or preparation of uncooked
open meat products intended for sale or sold for human
consumption.
Slaughter of Animals (Pigs) Act, 1953, provided, from
7th July, for the humane slaughter of pigs in places
other than slaughterhouses or knacker's yards to
which the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933, applies.
Flour The Flour Order, 1953, came into operation on 30th
August and replaced the amended Order of 1952.
The control of production and packing was abolished as
were the controls on distribution, use and price. The
addition of creta praeparata to all flour is now required
unless it is flour which contains the whole product of
the milling of wheat and no additions whatsoever. The
restoration of certain specified nutrients is required to
be made to all flours of an extraction rate of less than
80% and containers of National Flour or National
Brown Flour for sale otherwise than by retail must be
marked or labelled to show their contents.
Ice-cream The Food Standards (Ice-Cream) Order, 1953, enforcible
from 1st June, restored the higher standard for icecream
in relation to the minimum quantity of fat and
milk solids other than fat which was in operation prior
to July 1952.
Food The Food Standards (Saccharin Tablets) Order, 1953,
Standards revises the standard for saccharin tablets previously
laid down in the Saccharin Order, 1949, and applies it
from 1st September to all sweetening tablets containing
saccharin. The Artificial Sweeteners in Food Order,
1953, which came into operation on the same day,
prohibits the use of artificial sweeteners, other than
saccharin, in the composition or preparation of any food
sold or intended for sale for human consumption.
The Food Standards (Soft Drinks) Order, 1953, ieplaces,
with certain modifications the standard for soft drinks
as laid down in the Soft Drinks Order, 1947.