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specified in that Part of the Schedule shall not exceed the
proportion therein specified.
(2) No person shall import into England or Wales any cream intended
for sale which contains any thickening substance.
PAET IV.
Miscellaneous.
12. The provisions of these Regulations with respect to prohibiting
any preservative or colouring matter or thickening substance in articles
of food and requiring the labelling of certain articles of food and of
articles sold as preservatives shall not apply in the case of any article
which is intended to be exported or re-exported or in the case of butter
intended for use as ships' stores.
13.—(1) In any proceedings under these Regulations the certificate of
the Government Chemist or the public analyst, as the case may be, of
the result of the chemical examination of a sample shall be sufficient
evidence of the facts therein stated unless the defendant requires that
the person who made the examination be called as a witness.
(2) In any proceedings under these Regulations, where the fact that
any article has been dealt with contrary to these Regulations has been
proved, if the respondent desires to rely upon the exceptions or provisions
contained in these Regulations with reference to such article
being sold for consumption on the premises or being intended for
export or re-export or for use as ships' stores it shall be incumbent
upon him to prove that the article was so sold or was intended for
export or re-export or for use as ships' stores.
14. A person shall, if so required, give to any officer of Customs and
Excise or of any local authority who is acting in the execution of these
Regulations all reasonable assistance in his power, and shall, in relation
to anything within his knowledge, furnish any such officer with all
information which he may reasonably require for the purposes of these
Regulations including information as to the persons from whom or
places from which any article to which these Regulations apply has
been obtained and to whom and to which it has been consigned or
otherwise disposed of.
15. The Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912, the
Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912. Amendment Order,
1917, and so much of the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations,
1925, as relates to paragraph (f) of the First Schedule thereto are
hereby revoked, but without prejudice to any proceedings begun or other
action taken in pursuance of any of those Regulations.