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The Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
Circular 950.— This Act which contains 38 sections
and three Schedules, repeals and consolidates the provisions
of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 1875 to 1927,
together with a number of amending provisions contained
in other statutes, notably the Milk and Dairies
(Consolidation) Act 1915. It came into operation on
1st January, 1929.
The official memorandum of 1927 as to procedure
(Memo 36/Foods) was revised in January 1929 to bring
it into accordance with the new legislation.
The administering authorities are for the first time
described as "Food and Drugs Authorities" (Section 13)
and the Officers who are empowered to take samples as
"sampling officers" (Section 16).
The Public Health (Preservatives in Food) Regulations
have now been printed in a consolidated form and
it is of interest to note that they are undated in the title.
The Artificial Cream Act, 1929.
This Act came into force on 1st June, 1929.
"Artificial Cream" means any article of food resembling
cream and containing no ingredient which is not derived
from milk, except water.
Artificial cream has hitherto been known as reconstituted
cream and is usually prepared by emulsifying
butter, dried skimmed milk and water.
Subsection (1) of Section I. provides that where
any substance purporting to be cream or artificial cream,
is artificial cream, it shall not be sold under a description
or designation including the word "cream" unless that
word is immediately preceded by the word "artificial."
This provision is more specific than that of section 2 of
the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 and the
latter Act has been inadequate to prevent the sale of
artificial cream as cream.