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of the Authority, that he has caused to be published in the 'London
Gazette' of the 29th October, 1948, a Notice containing in the Schedule
thereto the description of a label issued by the Government of the
Colony of Nigeria, which has been recognised as an Official Certificate
for the purposes of the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations,
1937 and 1948".
The Notice reads as follows:-
"The Minister of Food gives notice, in pursuance of the above-named
Regulations, that he hereby recognises the Official Certificate, of
which particulars are given in the Schedule hereto, as showing (a)
that the meat to which it relates was derived from animals inspected
ante and post-mortem and passed in accordance with criteria satisfactory
to the Minister, and (b) that all necessary precautions for prevention
of danger to public health were taken in the dressing or preparing and
packing of the meat.
The Certificate being in the form of a label, recognition will
apply only if the label is securely affixed to the meat or to the
package containing the meat and if the label has not in any other
circumstances or on any other occasion been used as an Official
Certificate".
The Certificate relates only to meat, namely bacon, pork and beef
carcases.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1958 and 1944.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS (FOOD AND DRUGS) ORDER, 1948.
Circular 81/48 from the Ministry of Health dated 31st May, 1948, enclosed
copies of four Statutory Instruments transferring from the Minister of Health
to the Minister of Food certain administrative functions under the Regulations
referred to below. This transfer is supplementary to the transfer from the
Minister of Health to the Minister of Food of certain functions under the
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, which has been made by the Transfer of Functions
(Food and Drugs) Order, 1948.
These amendments which come into operation on the 1st June are as
follows
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1948 No. 1118.
The Public Health (Preservatives etc. in Food) (Amendment)
Regulations 1948.
The Public Health (Preservatives etc. in Food) Regulations, 1925 as
amended, shall be further amended by substituting in paragraph (l) of
Article 2 thereof for the definition of "The Minister" the following
definition:-
"The Minister' means the Minister of Food".
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1948 No. 1120.
The Public Health (Shellfish) (Amendment) Regulations
1948.
The Public Health (Shellfish) Regulations, 1934, shall be amended as
to the parts thereof referred to in Column 1 of the Schedule to these
Regulations in the manner specified in relation thereto in Column 2 of the
said Schedule.
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