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permitted bleaching or improving agent and impose
requirements as to their labelling and advertising;
(e) lay down labelling requirements for bread containing
ingredients additional to those in the permitted list.
Labelling requirements are also laid down for bread
described as "high protein" bread;
(f) prohibit the labelling or advertising of bread claiming that
it is starch-reduced unless the carbo-hydrate content is
less than 50% of the weight of the bread calculated on
a dry basis or claiming that the bread has specific weight
reducing qualities.
The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963—Circular
FSH 11/63 received from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food drew attention to The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations,
1963, which re-enact, with amendments. The Milk
(Special Designation) Regulations, 1960. The principal features
of the new Regulations are that: —
(i) from the 1st October. 1964, "Untreated" will replace
"Tuberculin Tested" as the special designation for raw
milk. The provisions of the Regulations enabling producers'
and dealers' licences to use the special designation
"Untreated' to be applied for and issued will come
into operation on the 1st June, 1964, but the licences
will not become valid before 1st October. 1964. A
dealers licence granted on or before 31st December, 1965,
will remain in force renewable for the same 5 year
periods as other dealers' licences. The half-hour
"methylene blue" test is prescribed for "Untreated" milk
whether it is sold under a dealer's or a producer's licence;
(ii) until 31st December, 1964. the provisions of the Regulations
about the labelling of "Untreated" milk will be
deemed to be satisfied if the milk is labelled "Tuberculin
Tested Milk"; any milk so labelled will be required to
comply with the conditions applicable to the sale of milk
under the special designation "Untreated". This provision
is designed to enable stocks of containers bearing
the words "Tuberculin Tested Milk" to be used up;
(iii) no changes have been made in the conditions applicable
to licences to use the special designations "Pasteurised"
and "Sterilised", but they do provide that from 29th
September. 1963, until 31st December, 1964, milk which
has been pasteurised under licence in accordance with
the Regulations may be sold as either "Pasteurised Milk"
or "Tuberculin Tested Milk (Pasteurised)". Licences