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Fines Costs
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Sold a loaf of bread which was not of the 5 0 0 1 0 0
quality demanded in that it contained a
metal screw.
Sold a carton of Chocolate Spread which 2 0 0 2 0 0
was not of the quality demanded in that
it contained larvae
SECTION 4 (Regulations as to composition of food, etc.)
The Arsenic in Food (Amendment) Regulations, 1960, These regulations increase
from 2,0 to 5.0 parts per million the maximum amount of arsenic permitted in
brewers' yeast intended for use by manufacturers in the production of yeast
products. The limit for all other yeast and yeast products remains at 2 0
parts per million.
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. No action was taken under this section.
SECTION 7 (Regulations as to labelling and description of food). Under this
section the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Minister of
Health, acting jointly, made .the Skimmed Milk with Non-Milk Fat Regulations,
1960 which are operative from 19th September, 1961. They control the labelling
and advertising of the "specified foods", that is, "skimmed milk with non milk fat"
and the same product in condensed or dried form, these products being defined
in the regulations by reference to their appearance and constituents. The
regulations -
(a) require labels and advertisements for the "specified foods" to bear
the words "Skimmed milk with non-milk fat" (or certain specified
alternatives);
(b) require labels for the "specified foods" to bear the words "Unfit for
babies" or "Not to be used for babies", except that (i) where the kind
and amount of fat used is specified the words "Should not be used for
babies except under medical advice" may be substituted and (ii) in
the case of the foods listed in the Second Schedule none of these
declarations about baby feeding is required provided that the food
conforms to the compositional requirements laid down for it in that
Schedule;
(c) require any label for a "specified food" which carries a claim in
relation to coronary disease to bear also a statement of the kind and
amount of fat used;
(d) prohibit, subject to certain savings, the labelling or advertising
of the "specified foods", and beverages containing skimmed milk, in a
manner suggestive of milk or anything connected with the dairy
interest; and
(e) provide that the Condensed Milk Regulations, 1959. and the Public
Health (Dried Milk) Regulations, 1923 to 1948, shall not apply to any
"specified food".