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Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912.
All samples of milk are examined by the Public Analyst, as a
routine, for the presence of preservatives, and, of the total samples
of milk taken during 1914 (550 formal), in no single instance were
preservatives found. No samples of cream were taken during 1914.
The action taken during 1914 under the Public Health (Milk
and Cream) Regulations, 1912, may be tabulated as follows:—
Headings of Report of Administration during 1914.
1. Milk ; and cream not sold as preserved cream:—
(a) (b)
No. of samples No. in which a
examined for the preservative
presence of a was reported
preservative. to be present.
Milk 550
Cream — —
Nature of preservative in each case in column (b) and
action taken under the Regulations in regard thereto—Nil.
2. Cream sold as preserved cream:—
(a) Instances in which samples have been submitted for
analysis to ascertain if the statements on the label as to
preservatives were correct:—
(1) Correct statements made —
(2) Statements incorrect —
Total —
(b) Determinations made of milk fat in cream sold as
served cream:—
(1) Above 35 per cent —
(2) Below 35 per cent —
Total —
(c) Instances where (apart from analysis) the requirements
as to labelling or declaration of preserved cream in Article
V. (1) and the proviso in Article V. (2) of the Regulations
have not been observed Nil.
(d) Particulars of each case in which the Regulations have
not been complied with and action taken Nil.
3. Thickening substances.
Any evidence of their addition to cream or to preserved
cream and action taken where found Nil.
4. Other observations (if any) Nil.