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standard of 9 per cent. total solids should be abolished, and in
lieu thereof a standard of 8.5 per cent. solids not fat should be
substituted. Such a standard would have permitted us to have
taken action against the vendor of Sample No. 472 for adulteration
by 15 per cent. of added water, and sample 456 would have
been returned as adulterated by 32 per cent. of water instead of
10 per cent.
I also submit that the restriction as to the sale of Condensed
Skimmed or Separated Milk, contained in Section 11 of
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1899, should be extended so
as to apply to skimmed or separated milk other than condensed.
The case of French r. Card made it clear that this section of
the Act applies only to Condensed Machine Skimmed or Separated
Milk. Every tin or other receptacle containing machine
skimmed or separated milk should be required to bear a label,
clearly visible to the purchaser, stating the fact.
BUTTER.—One hundred and twenty-eight samples of
Butter were purchased in conformity with the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts. Only seven, or 5 46 per cent., of these samples
were adulterated, compared with 1.96 per cent. in 1910. In
addition, 37 test samples were taken, 4, or 10.8 per cent., of which
were adulterated.