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no other matter shall be printed within such surrounding line. The
type used shall be not less than one-eighth of an inch in height, or, in
the case of grape juice or wine to which these Eules apply, one-sixteenth
of an inch in height.
5. The label shall be securely affixed to the article or be part of or
securely affixed to the wrapper or container, and in any case shall be so
placed as to be clearly visible. If the article bears a label containing
the name, trade mark, or design representing the brand of the article or
the name and address of the manufacturer or dealer the prescribed
declaration shall be printed as part of such label.
6. No comment on or explanation of the prescribed declaration (other
than any direction as to use in the case of a preservative) shall be placed
on the label or on the wrapper or container.
Given under the Official Seal of the Minister of Health this Fourth
day of August in the year One thousand nine hundred and
twenty-five.
Note.—The Public Health Act, 1896, provides by Sub-section (3) of
Section 1 that if any person wilfully neglects or refuses to obey or
carry out, or obstructs the execution of any regulations made under any
of the enactments mentioned in that Act, he shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding £100, and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further
penalty not exceeding £50 for every day during which the offence
continues.
The power of making regulations under the Public Health Act, 1896,
and the enactments mentioned in that Act, is enlarged by the Public
Health (Regulations as to Food) Act, 1907.
The Butter and Margarine Act, 1907, provides by Sub-section (3) of
Section 7 that any person who manufactures, sells, or exposes or offers
for sale or has in his possession for the purpose of sale, any butter,
margarine or milk-blended butter which contains a preservative prohibited
by a Regulation under the Section or an amount of a preservative
in excess of the limit allowed by any such Regulation shall be
guilty of an offence under the Act. Under Section 11 of the Act any
person guilty of an offence under the Act is liable for a first offence to
a fine not exceeding £20 and for a second offence to a fine not exceeding
£50, and for a third or any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding
£100, and in cases where imprisonment can be inflicted under Section 17
of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, to such imprisonment as is
authorised by that Section.
By Section 5 of the Butter and Margarine Act, 1907, the importation
of butter, margarine, or milk-blended butter which contains a preservative
prohibited by any Regulation made under the Act, or an amount
of a preservative in excess of the limit allowed by any such Regulation,
is made an offence under Section 1 of the Sale of Food and Drugs
Act, 1899.
Certification of Certain Food Products for Export to the
Dominions.
In view of the requirements of the Food Laws in operation
in the Dominions, the system of certification for food products
which are derived from the flesh of cattle, sheep, swine or
goats, or from game or poultry, and are prepared or packed
in England and Wales for export to the Dominions, has been
continued.