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instituted and the retailer was fined £3 and ordered to
pay £4. 7. 0d costs.
Veqetables. At a greengrocer's shop Majestic potatoes were
displayed for sale marked "King Edwards" . This was
dealt with under the provisions of the Merchandise Marks
Acts and is noted below.
Liver. An official caution was sent to a retailer who
sold pigs' liver in response to a request for lambs' liver.
Merchandise Marks Acts, 1887-1953. The majority of the
inspection work carried out under the provisions of the
above Acts relates to ensuring that the requirements of the
various Marking Orders made under the provisions of the Act
of 1926 and which relate to the marking with an indication
of origin of certain imported foodstuffs when exposed for
sale or sold, are complied with. Inspections were made at
106 separate premises of 1310 displays of meat, apples,
tomatoes and poultry.
One firm of butchers was prosecuted for applying a
false trade description "Lambs' Liver" to pigs' liver and
was fined £10 together with £2 2. Od. costs. An official
caution was sent to the retailer who was found to be describing
Majestic potatoes as "King Edwards", mentioned
above.
Food Poisoning.
Two cases of food poisoning were notified during the
year, one was due to Salmonella typhi murium; in the other
instance the causative organism was not discovered.
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