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It is provided that before the local authority institute proceedings against
any person for contravention of these Regulations, the authority shall afford
him an opportunity of furnishing an explanation, and shall duly consider such
explanation and all the circumstances of the case.
Skimmed or Separated Milk.—On the 20th August, 1912, the Board of
Agriculture and Fisheries forwarded a copy of the Sale of Milk Regulations,
1912. These Regulations amend the Sale of Milk Regulations, 1901, in so far
as they relate to skimmed or separated milk, and replace the limit of 9 per
cent, of total milk-solids, on which, under Article 3 of those Regulations, a
presumption that the milk is not genuine is based, by a limit of 8.7 per cent.
of milk-solids other than milk-fat.
§ 6. -LEGAL DECISIONS.
KING'S BENCH DIVISION.
(Before Lord Alverstone, C.J., Channell and Avory, J.J.)
Spiers find Pond, Limited v. Green.
77 J.P. 11.
Public Health—Milk—carrying on the trade of purveyor—Refreshment
buffet—Occasional sales—Necessity for registration—Dairies, Cowsheds, and
Milkshops Order, 1885, Art. 6 (1).
The appellants were summoned for carrying on the trade of a purveyor of
milk without being registered as such in accordance with the Dairies, Cowsheds,
and Milkshops Order, 1885, as amended by subsequent Order of 1886.
It was proved that the appellants were occupiers of a refreshment buffet at
Farringdon Street Station, and sold there articles of food and drink, including
milk. The sale of milk by the appellants was extremely small, amounting to
about three or four glasses per week—the takings for milk being about 4d.
(Ait of £50 a week, and no milk was sold for consumption off the premises.
Held that the appellants were not carrying on "the trade of a purveyor of
milk" within the meaning of the Order, and that, therefore, they did not
require to be registered.
KING'S BENCH DIVISION.
Williams v. Friend.
107 L.T.R. 93.
Upon a summons under Section 6 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1875, the
appellant was convicted of unlawfully selling to the prejudice of the
purchaser an article of food—to wit, cream—not of the nature, substance,
and quality demanded by the purchaser.