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Adulteration of Butter.
Communications have been addressed to the Board of
Agriculture during 1906, asking for consideration of the
questions of the limit of warranties, the use of preservatives and
the result of the use by trades of notices to the effect that no
guarantee of purity is given, and the ways in which the intention
of the Food and Drugs Acts is in many instances defeated in
regard to butter.
Alteration in Analyst's Quarterly Reports.
Alterations have been made by the Public Analyst during 1906
in connection with the quarterly reports which he issues for the
use of the Council. By means of these alterations, the samples
are grouped under headings of the different substances analysed,
e.g., milk, butter, pepper, &c., giving the total number of genuine
samples in each group (with observations as required as to the
general character of such samples).
Preservatives in Milk.
The Council, during 1906, approved of communications being
sent to the Local Government Board aud the Board of Agriculture
and Fisheries to the following effect:—
(1) That statutory effect should be given to the recommendation
of the Departmental Committee of the Local Government
Board in 1901, prohibiting the use of preservatives in milk ; or
(2) That regulations under section 4 of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Act, 1899, should be made by the Board of Agriculture
and Fisheries, defining the exact amount of formalin and boron
preservatives, which may be added to milk, where disclosure of
the presence of preservatives is made at the time of sale. In
this connection, the presence in ordinary milk of formalin to
an amount which is ascertained by examination within three days