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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
This label, known as the declaratory label will differentiate
between " preserved cream " and " cream " (cream to which no
preservatives have been added), thereby affording the purchaser
some knowledge of the article purchased.
Since this Regulation came into force 18 samples of cream
have been purchased for analysis and are included in the statement
of work done under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. 10 of these
were found to be entirely free from preservative and contained
upwards of 40 per cent. of milk fat, in two cases a declaration was
made by label at the time of purchase, and in six cases no declaration
was made that the cream supplied was preserved cream.
Four of the above mentioned samples were procured officially
and the vendors were asked to give an explanation as to why the
preserved cream was not labelled as such. Three of the vendors
wrote pleading either ignorance of the Regulations or that the cream
was sold by mistake. One vendor's representative appeared
before the Public Health Committee and stated that his firm were
waiting to see what action the Borough Council was going to adopt
in dealing with the Regulations.
In each case the vendors were warned.
The Council also instructed me to issue a warning to all registered
milk and cream dealers in the Borough, and a copy of the
Regulations, together with the following circular letter was sent to
all registered milk and cream sellers in the Borough :—
" The Medical Officer of Health has been instructed by the
Wandsworth Borough Council to call the attention of milk and cream
sellers in the Borough to the Public Health (Milk and Cream)
Regulations, 1912, dated 1st August, 1912, a copy of which is
enclosed, and hereby gives notice that samples will be taken to
ascertain if such Regulations are being complied with.
"The special attention of milk and cream sellers is called to the
labels which must be used."
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