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'Bread and Butter,' 'Hot Milk' Samples:
Although local publicity was given to the results of these
samples at the time and to the Court proceedings which followed, I
cannot but remark further on the findings in this annual review.
It was frankly astonishing to find that so many of the samples purchased
did not come up to the legal standard which governed them.
It may seem relatively trivial that 'hot milk' is supplied just a bit
below the standard and that 'bread and butter' is taken by some
to mean 'bread and margarine' but in cases such as these the public
are not really in a position to protect themselves and it is our duty
to do this for them. I say with all sincerity that I do hope that the
publicity given to this affair has been seen and digested by everyone
because it is our intention from time to time to take further like
steps with a view, one hopes, to establishing that the deplorable
results achieved on our initial incursion into this particular field were
exceptional.
Food and Drugs Act, 1938—Section 13 and Bye-Laws made under
Section 15 of the Food and Drugs Act.
44 notices were served during the year on owners or occupiers
of premises coming within the scope of these sections of the Pood
and Drugs Act, 1938. No statutory action was subsequently
required.