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marking or advertising of ice-cream in a manner suggestive of butter, cream,
milk or anything connected with the dairy interest unless the ice-cream
contains no fat other than milk fat except such as may be introduced by the
use as an ingredient of any egg, flavouring substance or emulsifying or sta
bilising agent, but permit the presence of skimmed milk solids to be declared.
The regulations also provide that it will be an offence after 30th November,
1959, to sell under the description "ice-cream" any pre-packed ice-cream which
contains fat other than milk fat unless it bears on the wrapper or container
a declaration "Contains non-milk fat", or, if appropriate, "Contains vegetable
fat" and minimum sizes of type are prescribed,
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. Pour successful
prosecutions were taken as follows:-
Fines Costs
£ s. d £ s. d
Sold a packet of mixed cake fruit unfit 2 0 0 10 0
for human consumption, being infested
with insect larvae
Sold a packet of "Ready Brek" unfit for 5 0 0 3 0 0
human consumption, being infested with
flour weevil and moth larvae
Sold a wrapped loaf unfit for human con- Absolute discharge 2 2 0
sumption in that it was sour and mouldy granted on payment
of costs.
Sold a wrapped loaf unfit for human con~ 2 0 0 10 0
sumption in that it was mouldy
SECTION 9 (Examination and seizure of suspected food). An authorised officer
of a council may at all reasonable times examine any food intended for human
consumption which has been sold, or is offered or exposed for sale, or is in
possession of, or has been deposited with or consigned to, any person for the
purpose of sale, or of preparation for sale, and if it appears to him to be
unfit for human consumption may seize it and remove it in order to have it
dealt with by a justice of the peace. No formal action was necessary, but the