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The following were the recommendations:—
"(1) That Inspectors of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Depart"ment
of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland should have power to
"enter any premises where they have reasonable grounds for believing that butter
"is made, blended, re-worked, treated by any process, adulterated, or stored.
"(2) That premises where butter is blended, or re-worked, or treated by any
"process, or where abnormal butter is habitually produced, shall be registered with
"the local authority of the district as a butter factory.
"(3) That no fat, other than butter fat, and no vegetable or other oils, nor any
"substance capable of being used as an adulterant of butter should be brought into
"or stored or allowed to be in any registered butter factory.
"(4) That no substance be added to butter whereby the percentage of moisture
"in the butter is increased.
"(5) That the addition to butter at any stage of the process of manufacture of
"any fat not derived from milk be expressly and directly prohibited.
"(6) That margarine, when sold by retail, should be handed to the purchaser in
"a wrapper, on which the word 'Margarine' shall be printed in black solid capital
"letters, not less than ½-inch square, and if more than one wrapper is applied to the
"margarine, the word 'Margarine' shall be printed as above on the inner wrapper;
"that no fancy name or description shall be permitted which refers to butter or
"anything connected with the dairy industry; that the outside wrapper, as well as
"the inside wrapper, should contain nothing but the word 'Margarine' in type as
"aforesaid; and if any fancy name is printed on any other wrapper, the word
"'Margarine' should be suffixed or affixed to the fancy name in letters of the same
" size, colour and type as those in which the fancy name is printed.
"(7) That no margarine made in any margarine factory shall, when the process
"of manufacture is complete, contain more than 16 per cent. of water, and no
"margarine shall be imported containing more than 16 per cent. of moisture.
"(8) That premises where margarine is re-worked or submitted to any process
"shall be registered as margarine factories.
"(9) That Sub-section 3 of Section 20 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899,
"be amended so as to provide that a warranty or invoice given by a person resident
"outside the United Kingdom shall not be available as a defence to any proceedings
"under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
"(10) That penalties for the importation of adulterated butter should be
"proportionate to the magnitude of the consignment.
"(11) That all practicable steps should be taken to bring about international
"agreements as to the prevention of adulteration.
"(12) That Section 4 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, should be
"amended so as to give the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Depart"ment
of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland power to fix standards
"for curd and to give the Local Government Board power to fix standards for
"preservatives.