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(12th September, 1908.)
Foreign Meat Regulations.
Co all Port Sanitary Authorities;—
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 distri"bution
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 ;