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22, 29, 30, 32½, and 33 grs. Crys. Boric Acid per lb.,
respectively.
5 summonses were taken out in connection with 5 samples
of German Sausage, containing 20, 22, 30, 32½, and 33 grs.
Crys. Boric Acid per lb-, respectively, with the following
results :—
20 grs.—Dismissed, with ^15 15s. costs against the
Council, no harmful adulteration proved;
22 grs.—Dismissed, no harmful adulteration proved;
30 grs.—Dismissed under section 15 of the Food and
Drugs Act, 1875 ;
32J grs.—;£l penalty and 14/6 costs;
33 grs.-—Dismissed under section 15 of the Food and
Drugs Act, 1875.
In the other 27 adulterated samples, the amounts of adulteration
were too small.
The total fines amounted to £l with 14/6 costs.
Summary oi- Legal Proceedings taken under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
Of the total 109 summonses taken out, there were convictions
in 76 cases, whilst in the remaining 33, the results
were as follows :—
20 summonses dismissed—
(a) Warranty proved satisfactory, 8;
(b) Amount of adulteration (preservative) not harmful, 2 ;
(c) Under sections of the Food and Drugs Act, 1875, 2 ;
(d) Contrary proved satisfactorily, 3 ;
(e) Defective cooler proved, 2 ;