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(B) Animal Boarding Establishment Act, 1963
An Act to regulate the keeping of boarding establishments for cats
and dogs and for purposes connected therewith.
The Act comes into operation on 1st January 1964.
(C) The Animals (Cruel Poisons) Act, 1962
This Act came into operation on 1st January 1963 and is an Act to
prohibit the killing of animals by cruel poisons and gives power to the
Secretary of State to make Regulations to prohibit or restrict the use of
poisons.
(D) Food and Drugs Act, 1955
(1) The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963
These regulations re-enact with amendments the Milk (Special
Designation) Regulations, 1960.
The principal changes are that on and after 1st October 1964,
(1) The designation "Untreated" replaces "Tuberculin Tested"
for row milk.
(ii) Methylene Blue Test replaces the "Clot on Boiling Test".
(2) The Bread and Flour Regulations, 1963
These regulations prescribe permitted ingredients for white bread,
brown bread, or wheat meal bread, wheat germ bread, wholemeal bread and
soda bread and requirements as to the composition of bread containing milk
solids or added protein.
They impose requirements as to labelling and advertising of the
aforementioned breads.
They impose restrictions on claims that any bread, biscuits, rusks or
cereal breakfast foods are starch reduced or can aid slimming and prohibit
claims that any of those foods have specific weight reducing properties.
These regulations come into operation on 1st September, 1964.
(3) The Liquid Egg (Pasteurisation) Regulations, 1963
These regulations require the pasteurisation of liquid egg to be used
in food intended for sale for human consumption, other than egg broken out
on the food manufacturer's premises and used within twenty four hours.
The regulations prescribe the method of pasteurisation and the test to be
satisfied
The regulations come into operation on 1st January 1964.
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