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Cream.
The Milk Regulations Committee reported that the evidence
submitted to them went to shew that it was a common practice to
add gelatin to cream for the purpose of giving it a fictitious
appearance of richness or thickness. Local Authorities are urged
to take steps to ascertain whether this form of adulteration is
practised within, their districts, and if a public analyst reports the
presence of gelatin or other similar substance in a sample of cream,
the Local Authority concerned should consider whether the case
is one in which proceedings might not with advantage be instituted
under Section 6 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875.
Collection and Retention of Samples.
It is desirable that, so far as may be found practicable, there
should be uniformity of procedure in collecting and retaining
samples of milk procured under the provisions of the Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts, and the following recommendations have
been drawn up for the guidance of the Local officials employed in
this work: —
(1) The quantity tc» be purchased should not be less than
one pint, except that it may be expedient to purchase only
half-a-pint, in cases where there is reason to believe that the
object of the purchase would be defeated if a greater quantity
were demanded.
(2) The division of the sample under Section 14 of the Act
of 1875, as amended by Section 13 of the Act of 1899, should
be made as equally as possible, so that the portion reserved by
the purchaser may be not less than one-third of the whole.
(3) The bottle used for each divided part should have a