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862 (Informal)
Mertorf Bro'mpton Tablets
867 (Formal)
milk.
881 (Formal)
Beef Sausages.
959 (Informal).
Mustard Sauce.
The appropriate designation of each of
the active constituents of the substance
and the aporopriate quantitative
particulars of these constituents was
not written on the label as is required
by the Pharmacy & Medicines Act, 1941.
Itwas subsequently ascertained that the
tablets had originally been properly
labelled, but some of the wording on the
label had faded out. In the circumstances
the manufacturers agreed to withdraw the
remaining stock.
As Judged by the Sale of Milk Regulations,
1939, the sample was deficient in milk fat,
the deficiency corresponding to the
abstraction of elevon per cent of the milk
fat. The minimum limit of the above
named Regulations for milk fat is 3 per
cent. A warning letter was sent to the
milk retailer concerned on instructions
by the Council.
Contained meat including fat 35 per cent.
A minimum meat content of 50 per cent for
beef sausages is prescribed but a
variation down to 47½ per cent may be
disregarded. Action in connection with
sub-standard sausages is more appropriately
taken under the Meat Products and Canned
Meat (Control & Maximum Prices) Order,
1948, than the Food & Drugs Act. This
Order is administered by the Ministry of
Food, so details of this sample were
reported to them for such action as was
deemed necessary. Th6 local Food Control
Committee issued a warning in this case.
The ingredients of this article included
vinegar, mustard, flour, salt and edible
oil, but these ingredients wore not
specified on the label of the container
in which the article was sold, as is
required by the Labelling of Food Order,
1946, as amended.
A warning letter was sent to the
manufacturers, and it transpired that the
sample was from very old stock, new labels
having been in use for some time. The
shopkeeper concerned disposed of his
remaining stock.
MILK SUPPLY.
On 1st October, 1949, a new set of legislation dealing with
the control of milk supplies became operative.
This comprised:!•
Food & Drugs (Milk & Dairies) Act, 1944.
2* Milk (Special Designations) Act, 1949.
Milk & Dairies Regulations, 1949.
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