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also made plans for a publicity campaign to secure members for the Association,and to draw
the attention of the general public to the dangers of food poisoning and the importance of
clean food handling in the prevention of this disease. The campaign is to open in the
Spring of 1951 with a Clean Food Exhibition designed to appeal equally to the housewife and
the food trader.
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933.
AND THE
PHARMACY AND MEDICINES ACT, 1941.
The number of persons entitled to sell Part ii poisons entered in the local authority's
list at the end of the year was 186. Five samples were submitted for analysis during the year
and proved satisfactory.
FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1926,

Samples were taken at the premises of manufacturers, also at retail shops, for the
purpose of testing warranties which the Act imposes upon sellers to give to purchasers. The
warranty takes the form of a statement by the manufacturer of the composition of his product
as determined by his own analysis.
After allowance being made for the limit of variation in the various constituents
permitted by the Act, ten samples of Fertilisers, and ten samples of Feeding Stuffs failed
to agree with the declared analysis, due to slight excesses and deficiencies in the various
constituents * Each case was thoroughly investigated, further samples were taken, and
appropriate action was taken with regard to those failing.
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