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article capable of being used in the manufacture, treatment or
adulteration of the aforesaid articles.
Section 3 prohibits the storage in any butter factory of
any substance which may be used for adulteration of butter.
Section 4 limits the percentage of water in butter to a
maximum of 16 per cent., and in milk blended butter to 24 per
cent.
Section 6 and 14 give power to the Board of Agriculture
to make regulations as to the proportion of any milk solid other
than milk fat in any sample of butter or milk blended butter.
Section 7 gives power to the Local Government Board to
make regulations prohibiting the use of or limiting the extent to
which preservative substances may be used in butter, margarine
or milk blended butter.
Section 8 provides for the marking of wrapper used in
connection with margarine.
Section 9 regulates the conditions of sale for milk blended
butter. Vendors may use an approved name in substitution for
the word margarine. Application has been made to the Board
of Agriculture for a list of names appoved by them. The
following list was supplied :—Brenco, Consumo, Sasora, Casmon,
Casova, Casana, Casoa, Casa, Iveldale, Iveldene, Iveleat, Ivelene,
Ivelette, Ivelike, Ivelmene, Ivelmore, Pearks' Bread mate, Pearks'
Bredspred, and Pearksown.
This Act further complicates legislation relating to the
sale of food and drugs. It would be of considerable advantage
if the several enactments now controlling the sale of food and
drugs could be consolidated.
Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Act.—This Act
gives power to the Local Government Board to make regulations