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which the Holborn Borough Council obtained conviction against a well-known firm
of jam manufacturers, for the addition of " other fruit pulp " to jam without due
notice being given.
These are only one or two examples of the urgent necessity for the appointment
of some body having official authority which could consider the questions of
standards, and fix and prescribe limits; or with increasing knowledge and
experience and improved methods of analysis, amend any such standards to suit
the needs and changes which are constantly taking place in the production and
preparation of food.
Merchandise Marks Act, 1926.
The Orders under the above Act now in force provide for the marking of the
following imported foodstuffs to show their origin: —
1. Fresh Apples.
2. Raw Tomatoes.
3. Eggs (hen or duck eggs in shell).
4. Dried Eggs.
5. Currants, Sultanas and Raisins.
6. Oat Products (oatmeal, rolled oats, oat flour and groats).
7. Honey.
8. Salmon or Sea Trout, frozen or chilled.
9. Butter.
10. Bacon and ham.
11. Dead poultry.
12. Frozen beef, mutton, lamb, pork and veal; chilled beef; salted
beef and pork; boneless beef and veal; edible offals.
The Order applying the marking requirements to the imported foodstuffs set
out under No. 12 above, was made in 1934, but did not come into force until early
in 1935, being then slightly varied and its operation in part temporarily suspended
by Exemption Directions made under the Act of 1926.
During the year under review 703 inspections under the Orders in force were
made by the Inspectors appointed for the purposes of the Act, resulting in the
detection of 50 breaches of the Orders. In 42 of these cases the breach was
remedied following a verbal caution from the Inspector, while in the remaining
8 cases it was found necessary to address a cautionary letter to the offender before
compliance with the particular Order in question could be secured.