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MINISTRY OF FOOD ORDERS - 1945.
During the year here were several changes in
legislation of which the following examples are of
most interest, as they had relation to the work of
the department.
The Food Standards ( Salad Cream and Mayonaise)
Order 1945. with consequential amendment of Labelling
of Food (No.2) order. In general terms these Orders
prescribe a standard of composition for salad cream etc.
but make provision that in certain cases the standard
shall not apply; also that salad dressings not complying
with the standard must bear on the label a statement
of ingredients.
The Labelling of Food (No.2) Order. This Order
replaced the previous Labelling of Food Order and effected
a postponement of the date of operation. It is a very
important addition to food legislation and has for its
aim the desire to ensure that what is on a label shall be
a correct description of the contents of the container.
The Order also deals with advertisements.
The Dried Egg (Control of Use) Order, is designed
to control conditions under which dried egg is used
commercially in the manufacture of ice cream, synthetic
cream and bakers'cream filling etc.
The Food Standards (Liquid Coffee Essences) Order.
As the title implies, the Order provides standards of
composition of liquid coffee essences or extract and of
liquid coffee etc.
In addition to the above there were other Orders
to which it is not necessary to refer in detail.
When conditions have returned more to the normal
there is little doubt that attention to the food supply
will need to be given, particularly with regard to
standards of composition. The Ministry of Food has
already made a good start but much leeway has to be made
good before the work may be considered as complete.
CONCLUSION.
It is hoped that the above report, brief and
perhaps somewhat disjointed, will prove of interest
to the reader, also that it will tend to throw light
upon work which goes on day by day practically unnoticed
by the general public, but which, if it were left undone,
would soon cause a state of chaos in a town such as
Kingston.
HA.R0ID T. PERRY.
Chief Sanitary Inspector.
Guildhall,
Kingston-upon-Thames.