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Certified Milk.—Orders have been issued setting forth the conditions
under which a superior quality of milk as regards purity and cleanliness
may be sold. The dairy farmer must conduct his business on hygienic
lines which must satisfy the Ministry of Health. The herd from which the
milk is obtained must contain no cow or heifer which has not passed
specified tests as to freedom from tuberculosis. The business must be
carried out in a cleanly manner and the milk sent out in sealed bottles
with date of bottling.
Several milk dealers in Westminster have been authorised to sell such
milk for which there is a growing demand.
The Board of Trade issued a Food Control Order amending the Milk
(England and Wales) Order, 1921.
It provides that on and after the 30th June, 1921, the following clause
shall be substituted for Clause 5 of the Milk (England and Wales) Order,
1921:—
"For the purposes of this Order the expression ' milk' shall include
skimmed, separated and butter milk, and any milk which has been submitted
to any one or more of the following processes, viz., sterilization,
pasteurization, homogenization, or any other like process, but shall
not include condensed milk."
Sale of Food Order, 1921, and the Local Authorities (Food) Order, 1921.—
The Ministry of Health issued Orders (August, 1921) by which functions
recently exercised by the Food Controller and the Board of Trade are
transferred to local authorities.
Under the Sale of Food Order, 1921, local authorities for the purposes
of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts are invested with the powrer of enforcing
the requirements of the Order as to the labelling of imported produce,
the composition of jam and marmalade, and the composition of dripping,
margarine, and other edible fats. The Minister of Health is aware that
in the past local authorities have occasionally experienced difficulties in
dealing with cases of excessive water in dripping, lard substitutes, &c.,
and it is hoped that the present Order, by specifying a definite maximum
percentage, will assist in the removal of these difficulties. Similarly
the provisions of the Order prescribing a standard of composition for
jam and marmalade will be found useful. In regard to jam, the watersoluble
extract must not be less than 65 per cent, of the jam and not more
than 10 per cent, must consist of added fruit juice; marmalade must be
made of citrous fruits and fruit juices unless the other varieties of fruits
or vegetables used are mentioned in the description. Any imported
meat, bacon, ham or lard must, when exposed for sale, bear a label with
the word " imported " or words disclosing the country of origin; eggs