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5. "These regulations shall come into operation on
the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred
and one.
6. "These regulations may be cited as the" Sale
of Milk Regulations."
I quote these regulations as being the chemical standard
laid down for milk, and the following analyses will show how
far the Ilford Milks exceed, or come below, this by no means
high standard.
In the report of the Department Committee on
•'Preservatives and Colouring Matters in Food," a recommendation
was made that:
1. The use of Formaldehyde in food and drink
be absolutely prohibited, and that Salicylic Acid be not
used in greater proportion than one grain per pint
per pound respectively for liquid or solid food, its presence
in all cases to be declared.
2. That the use of any preservative or colouring
matter in milk be made an offence under the "Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts."
Of the 25 samples of Ilford milks, examined for Boron
Compounds or Formalin, not one gave any indication of their
addition.
Of the 25 samples examined, 21 gave a percentage of fat
above the Board of Agriculture standard, 3 are just at the
and one below.
Of the "solids—-uot fat" 18 milks are above the 8.5%
standard, 4 just reach that percentage, and 3 are below it.