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"the Board of Agriculture, defining, in accordance with the circular
"letter of the Local Government Board of the 11th July, 1906, the
"exact amounts of formalin and boron preservatives which may be added
"to milk where disclosure of the presence of preservative is made at the
"time of sale.
"(c) That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be forwarded to the
"London County Council, to the Corporation of the City of London,
"and to each of the Metropolitan Borough Councils.
With regard to (a) I reported that I was in entire accord with the resolution,
and I therefore repeated the opinion I had already expressed* that the
time had arrived when the recommendations of the Departmental Committee,
referred to in the resolutions, should be given a legal value, and adopted by
the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries under the provisions of Section 4 of
the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899.
As to (6), I was unable to advise that either formalin or boron preservative
be allowed to be introduced into milk in any degree, and in this view I am
supported by the recommendation of the Departmental Committee, viz.:—
"That the use of any preservative or colouring matter whatever in
"milk offered for sale in the United Kingdom should be constituted an
"offence under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act."
Resolution (c) required no comment.
This report was agreed to, and a copy ordered to be sent to the Paddington
Borough Council.
IMPROPERLY LABELLED IMPORTED SKIMMED MILK TINS.
In January, 1907, it was reported that upon examining the contents of
100 cases, each containing 96 tins, marked " Machine Skimmed Condensed
Milk,"—part of a consignment of returned stores from South Africa—delivered
at a dealer's premises in the City, it was found that although the cases were
marked in accordance with legal requirements, the tins within were not.
Section 1, Sub-section 1 (c) of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899,
requiring that Condensed, Separated, or Skimmed Milk imported into the
United Kingdom in tins or other receptacles should bear a label whereon
the words "Machine Skimmed Milk," or "Skimmed Milk," are printed in
large and legible type, failing which the importer is liable, on summary conviction,
to a fine not exceeding £20 for the first offence, and £50 for a second,
and £100 for any subsequent offence. The tins in question were not labelled
in accordance with this provision.
* See pages 136 and 137, Annual Report, 1906.