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(2) 6,000 boxes of figs, consigned to 277 Wandsworth
Road;
(c) Hams (passed as fit for food):—
(1) 20 boxes, per S.S. "Cestrian," consigned to Mr.
David Greig, Ferndale Road.
(2) 5 boxes, per S.S. "Cestrian," consigned to Messrs.
Frost & Co., Stannary Street.
Prosecution of Whoiesale Vendors of Unsound Food.
Representations were made during 1912 to the Local
Government Board, urging such amendment of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, as may be necessary to secure
the adequate protection of the public against the sale of
unsound food by wholesale vendors, and asking the Board
to introduce legislation accordingly. Section 47 (3) of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, governs the point,
and enacts as follows, viz. :—
Where it is shown that any article liable to be
seized under this Section, and found in the possession
of any person was purchased by him from another person
for the food of man, and when so purchased was
in such a condition as to be liable to be seized and
condemned under this Section, the person who so sold
the same shall be liable to the fine and imprisonment
above mentioned, unless he proves that at the time he
sold the said article he did not know, and had no
reason to believe, that it was in such condition.
The legal difficulties are connected with the proving of
"seizure" and "being found in possesson," etc.