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"Thickening substance" means sucrate of lime, gelatine, starch
paste or any other substance, which when added to cream is
capable of increasing its viscosity but does not include cane or
beet sugar;
" Spulphur dioxide " includes sulphites, and " benzoic acid
includes benzoates;
"Sell" includes expose or offer for sale or deposit in any place
for purposes of sale, and "sale" shall be construed accordingly;
"Importer" includes any person who, whether as owner, consignor
or consignee, agent or broker, is in possession of or in anywise
entitled to the custody or control of any article of food brought
from a place situate outside Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel
Islands and the Isle of Man; and " import " shall be construed
accordingly;
(2) Percentages shall be calculated by weight.
(3) Sulphites shall be calculated as sulphur dioxide (SO2) and benzoates
as benzole acid (C6H5C00H).
(4) The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to the interpretation of
these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of
Parliament.
PART II.
Sale of Artici.es of Food and Preservatives.
3. The Local Authority and every officer of a Local Authority
authorised in writing by the Authority shall enforce and execute
this Part of these Regulations, and for this purpose shall make such
enquiries and take such other steps as may seem to them or him to be
necessary for securing the due observance of this Part of the Regulations
in the district of the local authority.
4.—(1) No person shall manufacture for sale or sell any article of food
which contains any added preservative or any of the colouring matters
specified in Part II of the First Schedule to these Regulations :
Provided that—
(i) any article of food specified in Part I of the said Schedule may
contain preservative of the nature and in the proportion
therein specified;
(ii) where an article of food specified in Part I of the said
Schedule is used in the preparation of any other article of
food, the latter article may contain any preservative necessarily
introduced by the use of the former article, but the
total proportion of any one preservative contained in any
article of food specified in that Part of the Schedule shall
not exceed the proportion therein specified.
(2) A person who sells any of the articles of food specified in paragraph
1 of the Second Schedule to these Regulations which contains any
preservative shall cause such article at the time when it is exposed or
offered for sale by retail or delivered to any purchaser, broker or agent
to be labelled in accordance with the Rules set out in that Schedule:
Provided that—
(i) this provision shall not apply where the article of food is
exposed or offered for sale by retail or delivered to a customer
in a hotel, restaurant or other such place for consumption
on the premises; and
(ii) when the article is exposed or offered for sale by retail it shall
be a sufficient compliance with this requirement if a notice
to the effect that the article contains preservative is exhibited