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The minimum coffee content prescribed for coffee and chicory
mixtures is the same as that maintained in the Coffee Order,
1951, until that Order was revoked on August 20th, 1952. The
standard prescribed for coffee and fig mixtures is introduced for
the first time.
The new Order also provided that coffee and chicory mixtures
shall contain only coffee and chicory, and that coffee and fig
mixtures shall contain only coffee and figs.
MINERAL OIL IN FOOD (AMENDMENT) ORDER,
1952
This Order was amended by Statutory Instrument, 1952, No.
1822, so as to reduce the less amount of mineral oil that may be
present in dried fruit from not more than 1 part per 100 parts by
weight of dried fruit to not more than 0.5 parts per 100 parts by
weight of dried fruit. Corresponding reductions were made as
respects the mineral oil content of foods in which dried fruit has
been used as an ingredient.
The Ministry explain that a satisfactory substitute for mineral
oil for the surface treatment of dried fruit has not yet been found.
Investigation into alternative methods of treatment is still
proceeding, and it is hoped that it may be possible eventually to
dispense with the need to use mineral oil for this purpose.
THE MEAT PRODUCTS No. 2 ORDER, 1952
THE MEAT PRODUCTS (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1952
This Order re-enacts with amendments the Meat Products
Order, 1952, which replaced the Meat Products and Canned
Meat (Control and Maximum Prices) Order, 1948, as amended.
Among other things the Order prescribes a minimum meat
content requirement for the majority of meat products.
The definition of "meat" for the purpose of the Order has
been amended, and no longer includes poultry, game, rabbit,
hare, venison or goats-flesh.
The restriction on the use of soya in the manufacture of
sausages is removed; and milk powder and vegetable fat will
no longer count as part of the meat content. It is, however, the
Ministry's intention to provide sausage manufacturers with
individual licences allowing milk powder to count as part of the
meat content until their present stocks of milk powder are
exhausted.