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Borough of Stepney, calling attention to what his Council considers
a very serious defect in the law relating to unsound food,
and stating that his Council has decided to ask the Local
Government Board to take steps to amend the law, and inviting
the Poplar Borough Council to take similar action, the Medical
Officer makes the following remarks as to the state of the law
at the present time: —
"The section, with its sub-sections, as given below, are not
quite clear, but it appears that:
"(1) If A sends unsound food to B, and B has not purchased
the same but calls in the officers of the
Sanitary Authority, then A is liable.
"(2) If A sends unsound food to B, who has purchased
the same, and the officers of the Sanitary
Authority are not called in by B, then B is liable
under sub-section 2 and A is liable under subsection
3.
"(3) If B purchases unsound food from A, and if B sells
the unsound food to C, but the same remains
on B's premises, then C, B and A can be proceeded
against.
"(4) If A sends unsound food to' B, who has purchased
the same, and B has paid his money to A, and
B calls in the officers of the Sanitary Authority,
then no action can take place against either A
or B.
"It is to deal with the last instance that an amendment of
the law is required, inasmuch as a person who sends unsound