London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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(b) prohibit the sale or importation of food containing any added colouring
matter other than that specified in the First Schedule;
(c) prohibit the sale or importation of certain raw and unprocessed foods
having in or upon them, otherwise than for marking purposes, any added
colouring matter at all, except that citrus fruit may have permitted
colouring if this is suitably indicated in accordance with the Regulations;
(d) prohibit the sale or advertising for sale of any food colouring matter
which is not a permitted colouring matter and impose requirements as to
the labelling of permitted colouring matter and colouring and flavouring
compounds;
(e) provide that where certain food is certified by a public analyst as
containing colouring matter not permitted by the Regulations that food
may be treated for the purposes of Section 9 of the Pood and Drugs Act,
1955, as being unfit for human consumption,
(f) do not apply to food or colouring matter intended for export.
SECTION 6 (False labelling or advertisement of food or drugs). A person
who gives with any food or drug sold by him., or displays with any food or drug
exposed by him for sale, a label, whether attached to or printed on the wrapper
or container or not, which
(a) falsely describes the food or drug, or
(b) is calculated to mislead as to its nature, substance or quality,
is guilty of an offence unless he proves that he did not know, and could not
with reasonable diligence have ascertained, that the label was of such a
character as aforesaid
SECTION 7 (Regulations as to labelling and description of food). Under
this section the Ministers may make regulations for imposing requirements as
to, and otherwise regulating, the labelling, marking or advertising of food
intended for sale for human consumption, and the description which may be
applied to such food-
Under SECTION 6 and the
| Fine | Costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Displaying with pineapple cores exposed for sale, a label which was calculated to mislead as to the quality of the food. | £ 10 | s. 0 | d. 0 | £ 10 | s. 10 | d. 0 |
| Selling a tin of pineapple cores not bearing a label describing the contents. | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Selling a tin of pineapple cores not bearing name and address of labeller or packer. | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
SECTION 8 (Punishment for sale, etc. of food unfit for human consumption).
This section provides that any person who sells or offers or exposes for sale
or has in his possession for the purpose of sale any food intended for, but
unfit for, human consumption, shall be guilty of an offence. Legal proceedings
were taken under this section in three cases.-