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(f) to exempt from the requirements to disclose ingredients
those preparations specified in the 1948
British Pharmacopoeia and the 1949 British Pharmaceutical
Codex, such exemption to come into effect
on 1st December, 1953 ;
(g) the exemption from the requirement to specify
the ingredients of beef and pork sausages and
sausage-meat and home-canned fruit and vegetables
now included.
The Labelling of Food (Amendment) Order, 1953, effective
from 1st January, 1954, permits, among other things,
National and National Brown Flour to be sold without
a declaration of ingredients in so far as they comply as
regards composition with the requirements of the Flour
Order, 1953, and removes from the appropriate table
in the principal Order, specific reference to soft drinks,
saccharin and sweetening tablets which are now the
subject of Standards Orders.
Imported The Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1937
Food and 1948. ' Official Certificates' for the Falkland Islands,
Sudan, Eritrea, Greece and Bechuanaland were
approved and notified to all Authorities concerned.
A number of other minor enactments were introduced during
the year but these were considered not to be of sufficient general
importance to warrant inclusion in this survey.
Milk
Milk consists of approximately 87% of water holding proteins,
sugar and certain salts in solution and having suspended in it finely
divided globules of fat to which the milk owes its whiteness. This
most important food is used in many familiar ways. It is encountered
in many beverages, hot and cold, and is a staple constituent
in numerous food preparations.
Milk, as drawn aseptically from a healthy cow, contains few
bacteria but as it forms an excellent medium for the growth of
organisms every precaution should be taken to prevent its
contamination.
Wise application of many branches of science is required for
the production and distribution of a pure milk supply. The