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the slit, and securely fasten round the neck of the bottle, the ends being
afterwards carried to the top of the cork and sealed thereon with
sealing wax.
Most of the samples purchased under the Sale of Food and Drugs
Act have been obtained through the employment of a deputy, for the
sanitary inspectors are well known to tradesmen and others. In a few
instances we have purchased samples without going through the formalities
prescribed by the Acts; the object being to submit these to
analysis, and, if they proved unsatisfactory, to subsequently take
samples under the prescribed formalities, so that proceedings might be
instituted against the vendor.
All the samples of Milk, Butter and Margarine were tested for
antiseptics, with the result that 11 of the samples of Milk, 8 of Butter
and 3 of Margarine were found to contain them. In no case was the
amount sufficient to warrant a prosecution, but in one or two instances
the vendors were cautioned.