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not fat for the present limit of 9 per cent. of total milk solids, and asked
the Poplar Borough Council to support such representations.
The Public Health and Housing Committee recommended the Council
to support the action of the Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington.
Suggested Legislation Prohibiting Colouring Matter in
Milk.
The Kensington Borough Council called attention to a case of
analysis of a sample of "nursery milk" reported to be inferior and
artificially coloured with a dye, probably of coal tar origin.
The Kensington Borough Council had represented to the Board of
Agriculture that, in any impending legislation, the admixture of colouring
matter of any description with milk should be absolutely prohibited, and
asked that such representation should be supported.
The Public Health and Housing Committee recommended the Council
to support the action of the Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington.
Suggested Amendment and Consolidation ok the Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts.
The Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington had communicated
with the Local Government Board and the Board of Agriculture urging
the necessity for immediate action to be taken in the direction of the
introduction of legislation for the amendment and consolidation of the
Sale of Pood and Drugs Acts, for laying down for the guidance of local
authorities definite standards or limits in respect of all the principal
classes of foods in common use, for establishing a Court of Reference as
mentioned in the recommendations of the Departmental Committee of
1901, and for adequately dealing with the difficulties surrounding the
questions of "Warranties" and "Disclosures" as protecting the vendor
of an adulterated or sophisticated article of food.
The Public Health and Housing Committee had reported from time
to time on the difficulties which had arisen in the administration of the
Food and Drugs Acts, especially in respect of "Warranties." The
Committee recommended the Council that communications be addressed
to the Local Government Board and Board of Agriculture in support of
the representations made to them by the Council of the Royal Borough
of Kensington.