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The amendment is as follows :-
"The Food and Drugs (whalemeat) Regulations, 1949 (o) shall be amended bydeleting
the word "classification" from sub-paragraph (ii) of the
definition of veterinary certificate in paragraph (l) of regulation 1
thereof" „
Sub-paragraph (ii) now read as follows :=
"that all necessary precautions for the prevention of danger to
public health were taken in the preparation, packing, marking, storing
and transportation of the whalemeat or whalemeat product in accordance
with conditions satisfactory to the Minister".
THE FOOD AND DRUGS (WHALEMEAT) REGULATIONS, 1949-50.
VETERINARY CERTIFICATE
Circular MF 7/50 dated 8th May, 1950, from the Ministry of Food calls
attention to the publication in the London Gazette of 5th May, 1950, of a
Notice containing in the Schedule thereto the description of a label issued
by the Government of Norway, which has been recognised as a Veterinary
Certificate for the purposes of the Food and Drugs (Vftialemeat) Regulations,
1949-50.
The Notice read as follows
"The Minister of Food gives notice in pursuance of the above-named
Regulations, that he hereby recognises the Veterinary Certificate of which
particulars are given in the Schedule thereto, as certifying (a) that
the whalemeat to -which it relates or the whalemeat from which the
whalemeat product to which it relates was prepared, was derived from
-whales inspected post mortem and passed as fit for human consumption in
accordance with criteria satisfactory to the Minister and (b) that all
necessary precautions for the prevention of danger to public health were
taken in the preparation, packing, marking, storing and transporting of
the whalemeat or whalemeat product in accordance with conditions
satisfactory to the Minister."
The Certificate is a label and will be completed by the insertion of the
name of the Control Station and the date and signature of the Veterinary
Controller•
DANGEROUS DRUGS.
During the year nineteen certificates authorising the purchase of
Scheduled Dangerous Drugs 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) 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" .
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 - PART X - CANAL BOATS.
On the 4th January, 1951, the Fort Medical Officer made a report on the
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