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Appendix E.
(12th September, 1908.)
Unsound Food Regulations :
(First Series).
To all Port Sanitary Authoritiea;-
To all other Sanitary Authorities as herein defined;—
To all Officers of Customs ;—
To all Medical Officers of Health of the Sanitary Authorities
aforesaid ;—
To all Masters of Ships ;—
And to all others whom it may concern.
WHEREAS by Section 1 of the Public Health (Regulations as to Food)
Act, 1907, it is enacted as follows :—
" (1) The power of making regulations under the Public Health Act,
" 1896, and the enactments mentioned in that Act, shall include
" the power of making regulations authorising measures to be
" taken for the prevention of danger arising to public health from
" the importation, preparation, storage, and distribution of articles
" of food or drink (other than drugs or water) intended for sale
" for human consumption, and, without prejudice to the generality
" of the powers so conferred, the regulations may—
" (a) provide for the examination and taking of samples of
" any such articles;
" (b) apply, as respects any matters to be dealt with by the
" regulations, any provision in any Act of Parliament dealing
" with the like matters, with the necessary modifications and
" adaptations;
" (c) provide for the recovery of any charges authorised to
" be made by the regulations for the purposes of the regulations
" or any services performed thereunder;