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The "third part" was therefore sent to the Government Chemist, who
certified the sample to contain 7 per cent. of added water.
55 samples were taken on delivery from farmers supplying a wholesaler.
Out of these, 6 samples were adulterated and 6 were poor quality samples
slightly deficient in solids-not-fat. The 6 adulterated samples are numbers
X 4, X 12, X 14, H 3, H 5 and H 7 in the table. In the case of X 12 and
X 14 the Hortvet determination proved that this farm milk had been watered
and was not naturally deficient in solids-not-fat; the other sample, H 7, was
too sour for the determination to be made.
Adulterated samples X 113 (referred to above) andX 134 were taken from
the same retailer. X 113 consisted of loose milk and proceedings were taken.
X 134 consisted of sterilised bottled milk so no action was taken against the
retailer, but a further sample, X 141, was taken on delivery from the wholesaler.
This sample was adulterated and proceedings were taken, the defendant
paying costs. A further sample of sterilised bottled milk, D 65, taken from
the same retailer was again adulterated; no action was taken, this sample
being followed up by sample D 73, taken on delivery from the same wholesaler.
This sample was also adulterated and a conviction was obtained. The
defence put forward was that steam condensed in some of the bottles during
the preliminary sterilisation, and it was stated that in future the bottles would
be sterilised with the open end downwards.
Later an informal sample of sterilised bottled milk, D 5, supplied by the
same vendor was found to be adulterated, and three formal samples, X 42,
X 43 and X 44 were obtained from three shops supplied by him, one of these
samples being taken on delivery. The samples were all adulterated. Proceedings
were taken and the vendor paid costs in each case.
The business has now been given up.