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DANGEROUS DRUGS REGULATIONS.
Two Certificates were issued during the year, as under:—
Jan. 13 ss. "Penang " for SO x 0-01 gramme tablets Morphine Hydrochloride and 200 grammes Tinctura
Glycyrrhizai Opiata (containing 4 grammes Powdered Opium).
May 12 ss. " Minnekahda " for 20 grains of Cocaine Hydrochloride.
The Certificates were issued under the Dangerous Drugs (No. 3) Regulations, 1923,
amending the Dangerous Drugs Regulations, 1921, Regulation 15 of which is as
follows:—
"If a foreign ship in any port in Great Britain requires to obtain a supply of any of the
drugs in order to complete the necessary equipment of the ship, the master of the ship is
authorised to purchase and be in possession of such quantity of any of the drugs as may be
certified by the Medical Officer of Health of the Port where the ship is (or in his absence by the
Assistant Medical Officer of Health of the Port) to be necessary for the purpose, the quantity
not to exceed what is required for the use of the ship until it next reaches its home port. The
certificate given by the Medical Officer or Assistant Medical Officer of Health of the Port shall
be marked by the supplier with the date of the supply and shall be retained by him and kept
available for inspection."
FOOD INSPECTION.
Action under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1925, resulted in
1,813 tons 14 cwts. 2 qrs. 4 lbs. of unsound food being destroyed or disposed of in
such a manner as to prevent its being used for human consumption. Exceptions are
shown in the disposal of some of the goods for distillation, refining and by exportation.