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(a) The Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1927, viz.:—
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875.
Sale of Food and Drugs Amendment Act, 1879.
Margarine Act, 1887.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899.
Butter and Margarine Act, 1907.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1927.
(b) Legislation amending and supplementing the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts, viz.:—
Section 10 of the Licensing Act, 1921 (Dilution of Spirits).
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.
Section 4 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
Section 23 of the Finance Act, 1921 (Sending Samples to
Government Chemist).
(c) Orders and Regulations made under the Sale of Food and Drugs
Acts, viz.:—
Order as to Registration of Margarine Factories, &c., 1900.
Order as to Registration of Butter Factories, &c., 1907.
Regulation as to Competency of Analysts, 1900.
Sale of Milk Regulations, 1901 and 1912.
Sale of Butter Regulations, 1902.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
(d) Regulations made under the Public Health (Regulations as to Food)
Act, 1907, viz.:—
* Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912 and
1917.
Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923.
Public Health (Condensed Milk) Amendment Regulations,
1927.
Public Health (Dried Milk) Regulations, 1923.
Public Health (Dried Milk) Amendment Regulations, 1927.
Public Health (Preservatives, &c., in Food) Regulations,
1925.
Public Health (Preservatives, &c., in Food) Amendment
Regulations, 1926 and 1927.
* These will be revoked as from 1st January, 1928.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1927.- Gives effect to the recommendation
of the Departmental Committee on the use of preservatives and colouring
matters in food. It was mentioned in last year's report that a private