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SALE OF FOODS, &c., ACTS.
The following is a list of the articles purchased by the
Inspector, and submitted to the Public Analyst appointed
by the Vestry, during the year:—
Arrowroot 3
Butter 22
Coffee 16
Milk 14
Vinegar 1
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It was found necessary to take proceedings in only one
case. In this case a summons was taken out against a firm
for selling butter certified to contain 75 per cent. of foreign
fat. The defence was that the purchaser was told by two
shopmen before the purchase was completed that the article
was sold as margarine and not butter. The purchaser
denied that he heard any such statement, and declared that
nothing was said to him to lead him to believe, until after
the money had actually changed hands, that he was
receiving anything but butter. The shopmen were called as
witnesses, and the magistrate gave the defendant the
benefit of the doubt, and dismissed the summons, but without
allowing costs.
The cost incurred by the Vestry for the year in respect
of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act is as follows:—
£ s. d.
Allowance to Analyst 75 0 0
Purchase of Samples, &c. 0 16 0
£75 16 0