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REPORT OF ADMINISTRATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PUBLIC HEALTH (MILK AND CREAM) REGULATIONS, 1912 & 1917.
Report for the year ended 31st December, 1920.
1.—Milk; and Cream not sold as Preserved Cream.
(a) Number of samples (b) Number in which a
examined for the pre- preservative was resence
of a preservative. ported to be present,
and percentage of preservative
found in each
sample.
Milk 433 Nil.
Cream 8 Nil.
Nature of preservative in each case in column (b), and action taken under the
regulations in regard to it.
2.—Cream sold as Preserved Cream.
(a) Instances in which samples have been submitted for analysis to ascertain
if the statements on the label as to preservatives were correct.
(i.) Correct statements made 5
(ii.) Statements incorrect Nil.
Total 5
(iii.) Percentage of preservative found in
each sample Average 10.7 grains per lb.
Boric Acid. Lowest 10%
Highest 12%.
Percentage stated on statutory label. Not exceeding 0.4%.
(b) Determinations made of milk fat in cream sold as preserved cream.
(i.) Above 35 per cent. 5
(ii.) Below 35 percent. Nil.
Total 5
(c) Instances were (apart from analysis) the requirements as to labelling or
declaration of preserved cream in Article V. (1) and the proviso in
Article V. (2) of the Regulations have not been observed Nil.
(d) Particulars of each case in which the Regulations have not been complied
with, and action taken Nil.
3.—Thickening substances.—Any evidence of their addition to cream or to
preserved cream. Action taken where found—None.
4.—Observations, if any.—None.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918.—Some reference to the matter of
provision of milk, etc., to mothers and children is made later in dealing with the