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Lambeth 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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it shall be the duty of any person or persons in
possession of unsound canned, or tinned, foods to
notify, and surrender, them to the local Sanitary
Authority, who shall destroy the same, free of
charge;
(3) that the use of preservatives in canned, or tinned,
foods being unnecessary, shall not, under any circumstances,
be permitted;
(4) that the date of canning, or tinning, together with
the name of the canner, or tinner, and the place of
the canning, or tinning, should be impressed on all
cans or tins.
Joseph Priestley.
July 16th, 1906.