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Britain, which, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon the
Board by Section 4 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, were
made by the Board on the 5th August, and came into operation
on the 1st September, 1901.
The Regulations were as follows: —
Milk.
1. Where a sample of milk (not being milk sold as skimmed,
or separated, or condensed, milk) contains less than 3 per cent.
of milk-fat, it shall be presumed for the purposes of the Sale
of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1899, until the contrary is
proved that the milk is not genuine, by reason of the abstraction
therefrom of milk-fat, or the addition thereto of water.
2. Where a sample of milk (not being milk sold as skimmed,
or separated, or condensed milk) contains less than 8.5 per cent.
of milk-solids other than milk-fat, it shall be presumed for the
purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1899,
until the contrary is proved, that the milk is not genuine, by
reason of the abstraction therefrom of milk-solids other than
milk-fat, or the addition thereto of water.
Skimmed or Separated Milk.
3. Where a sample of skimmed or separated milk (not being
condensed milk) contains less than 9 per cent. of milk-solids,
it shall be presumed for the purposes of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1899, until the contrary is proved, that the
milk is not genuine, by reason of the abstraction therefrom of
milk-solids other than milk-fat, or the addition thereto of water.
In the Regulations the limits below which a presumption is
raised that the milk is not genuine were necessarily fixed at figures