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Poplar 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Sample Procured (date). | Adulteration, &c. | Summons heard. (date.) | Costs. | Penalty. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 1907 | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Brought forward | ... | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | |
| 27 Oct. | Milk deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 9.4 per cent. (Itinerant vendor, Sunday) | 3 Dec. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 27 Dec. | Milk from which 16.6 per cent. of its fat had been abstracted | 1908. 24 Jan. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Butter and Margarine.1 | ||||||||
| 28 Jan. | Butter containing foreign fat to the extent of 87.5 per cent. Summoned for selling Margarine without proper label | 26 Feb. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | o | 0 |
| 13 Feb. | Butter adulterated with 30.1 per cent. of foreign fat and containing 0.18 per cent. boric acid | 18 Mar. | - | - | ||||
| Defendant did not appear in Court, warrant issued. | ||||||||
| Carried forward | ... | 12 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | |
* BUTTER AND MARGARINE ACT, 1907.
5. Provisions as to the Importation of Butter, Margarine, and Milk-blended,
Butter.—(1) There shall be included in the list of articles, importation of which is
made an offence by Section 1 of the Sale of Pood and Drugs Act, 1899, the following
articles:—
(e) Butter containing more than 16 per cent. of water ;
(f) Margarine containing more than 16 per cent of water, or more than 10 per
cent. of butter fat;
(g) Milk-blended butter containing more than 24 per cent. of water ;
(h) Milk-blended butter, except in packages conspicuously marked with such
name as may be approved by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries for the
purpose;
(i) Butter, margarine, or milk-blended butter which contains a preservative
prohibited by any regulation made under this Act, or an amount of a preservative
in excess of the limit allowed by any such regulation.
See also page (162) Butter and Margarine Act, 1907.