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to which the Act. applies is, I think, any place of abode the fee simple of which
can be acquired, or in which a leasehold interest can be acquired for a term of not
less than sixty years, provided, of course, that the express provisions of the Act as
to residence, sanitary condition, &c., are complied with.
It follows, in my opinion, that the word “ house ” in the Act of 1899 can be
taken to include a “ tenement” or “ flat ” or a dwelling approached by a staircase
used in common by other tenants of the building, comprising such tenement, flat,
or dwelling.
R. Cunningham Glen,
New Court, Temple,
13^A December, 1899.
The Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899 (62 and 63 Vict. ch. 51).—This Act
makes several important alterations in the law on this subject.
Sec. 2 enables the Local Government Board and Board of Agriculture to
procure samples for analysis, the fee for analysis being payable by the Local
Authority. If the result of the analysis shows adulteration it would be the duty
of the Local Authority to cause proceedings to be taken.
Sec. 3 makes it compulsory on every Local Authority entrusted with the
execution of the laws relating to the sale of food and drugs to appoint a public
analyst, and to put in force the powers with which they are invested, and, in
particular, to direct their officers to take samples for analysis. It is presumed
that the expression “Local Authority entrusted with the execution of the laws
relating to the sale of food and drugs” refers to the same Local Authority as is
defined in Sec. 25 of the Act to mean “any Local Authority authorised to appoint
an analyst for the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.”
Sec. 4 empowers the Board of Agriculture to make regulations for determining
a standard of purity for milk, cream, butter or cheese.
Sec. 5 extends the Margarine Act, 1887, to margarine cheese ; Sec. 6 requires
any package containing margarine or margarine cheese to be branded or marked;
Sec. 7 contains provisions as to manufacturers of and dealers in margarine and
margarine cheese; and Sec. 8 restricts the amount of butter fat in margarine.
Sec. 9 provides that every person who, in any highway or place of public
resort, sells milk or cream from a vehicle, or from a can or other receptacle, shall
have conspicuously inscribed on the vehicle or receptacle his name and address.
Sec. 11 requires that every tin containing condensed, separated or skimmed
milk must bear a label on which the words “Machine-skimmed Milk” or
“Skimmed Milk” are printed in large and legible type.
Sec. 12 requires that the label referred to in Sec. 8 of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Act, 1875, shall be so written or printed that the notice of mixture is not
obscured by other matter on the label.
Sec. 14 enables samples of every article of food to be taken in course of
delivery upon the request or with the consent of the purchaser or consignee.
Sec. 19 prohibits the institution of any prosecution after the expiration of
twenty-eight days from the time of the purchase, and requires the summons to