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4. The Home Work Orders of the 11th December, 1901, and
of the 14th July, 1902, are hereby revoked.
A. AKERS-DOUGLAS,
One of His Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State.
Home Office, Whitehall.
15th August, 1905.
Circular to Local Authorities in Great Britain for the
•purposes of the Sale of Food and Lrugs Acts, 1S75 to 1899.
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries,
4, Whitehall Place,
London, S.W.
27th March, 11/05.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1899*
(62 and 63 Vict, c. 51).
Sir,
I am directed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to
advert to their Circular Letter of the 28th December, 1901, of
which a copy is herewith enclosed, and to inform you that they
have received numerous representations from dairy farmers and
others complaining of the institution of proceedings under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1899, in cases in which, as
is alleged, the deficiency of milk-fat or milk-solids as compared
with the limits laid down in the Sale of Milk Regulations, 1901,
was due to accidental causes and not to any fraudulent action on
the part of the vendor.
In the Circular Letter above referred to, the Board suggested
that in the absence of any special circumstances indicating the
* See page 126,