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Referring to the above paragraph, the Act allows for samples to be
taken of filling materials and it prescribes the procedure to be adopted when
taking such samples.
Further the Act makes it necessary for Local Authorities to licence
Premises where rag flock is (a) manufactured, and (b) stored. Arrangements
are made in cases where a licence has been refused by a Local
Authority for the occupier of the premises concerned to appeal to the
Minister of Local Government and Planning (now Housing and Local
Government).
The Act prescribes the records which have to be kept by the occupiers
registered or licensed premises.
Under the Act it is an offence to sell or offer or expose for sale any
article which is upholstered, lined or stuffed with materials to which the
ct applies and which are not clean.
One regrets that in the Act the provisions which make it unlawful to
use filling materials to which the Act applies do not apply to the remaking
°r reconditioning of any article or to the upholstery of railway carriages,
road vehicles, ships or aircraft.
As with most Acts, power of entry and inspection is given to officers of
Local Authorities, and also such things as penalties for offences, obstruction
of officers, etc., are prescribed.
Food Standards (Ice Cream) Order, 1951
March 1st, 1951, saw the coming into operation of the Food Standards
(Ice Cream) Order, 1951, in which the minimum percentage of fat, sugar
and non-fatty solids in ice-cream were laid down. The percentages given
were 5 per cent. fat, 10 per cent. sugar and 7½ per cent. milk solids other
than fat. Alternate percentages are allowed in the case of ice-cream containing
fruit, fruit pulp or fruit puree and in "Parev" (kosher) ice-cream.
Food Standards (Cream) Order, 1951
An Order came into force on 30th April, 1951, laying down the minimum
standards of milk fat for various types of cream. As cream was soon
taken off the market there is little need to give the various percentages.
Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order, 1951
The Public Health Service has for some years anticipated that all milk
would eventually have to be pasteurised (heat treated) before distribution.
Order called the Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order,
1951, fulfilled that anticipation to a considerable degree, in that in certain
Prescribed areas, London and Portsmouth, it was made illegal for any
Person to sell by retail for human consumption any milk other than milk
which may be sold as specially designated milk, e.g., T.T., Accredited,
Pasteurised and sterilised milk. Some minor variations to the Order apply
to catering sales.
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