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Butter.
Since then the following Regulations have been issued in regard to butter:—
Board of Agriculture Rules Dated 22nd April, 1902).
Sale of Butter Regulations, 1902.
The Board of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by
sec. 4 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, do hereby make the following
regulations:—
(1) Where the proportion of water in a sample of butter exceeds 16 per
cent, it shall be presumed, for the purposes of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1899, until the contrary is proved, that the
butter is not genuine by reason of the excessive amount of water
therein.
(2) These regulations extend to Great Britain.
(3) These regulations shall come into operation on the fifteenth day of
May, one thousand nine hundred and two.
(4) These regulations may be cited as the Sale of Butter Regulations,
1902.
In witness where of the Board of Agriculture have hereunto set their Official
Seal this twenty-second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and two.
L.S. T. H. Elliott,
Secretary.
§ 4. FOOD INSPECTORS' REPORTS.
Borough of St. Pancras,
Town Hall.
1902.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
I beg to submit my report for the year ending December
31st, 1901.
The market streets, stalls, barrows, provisions, greengrocers, and fish shops
have been inspected by me daily. On 14 occasions I have found it necessary to
take foodstuffs, which were diseased or unsound, and unfit for human food,
all of which have been dealt with in accordance with the law.
Food Manufacture.
There are 11 places in my district where polonies and sausages are made on
an extensive scale; I have made 148 inspections of these places. The
premises for the most part are kept in a fairly clean condition, and the
ingredients used were sound and free from disease; at no time have I found
anything unwholesome or unfit for food.
Food and Drugs Acts.
I have obtained 242 samples of food under the above Acts, and submitted
the same to the Public Analyst for analysis.