View report page

83
(2) Action taken thereon-
(a) Vendors cautioned 2
(b) Vendor summoned 1
(Proceedings pending at end of year.
Since determined. Summons dismissed
on payment of £1 3s. costs.)
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
The provisions of this Act with the exception of those relating to
the grading of milk came into force on the 1st September, 1922.
The principal provisions of the Act are those postponing still
further (until 1st September, 1925) the coming into force of the Milk
and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915 (Sec. 1): Power given to
Sanitary Authorities under certain conditions to refuse to register
or to remove from the register retail Purveyors of Milk: continues
with modifications the provisions as to grading of milk which are at
present contained in Orders made by the Food Controller and the
Ministry of Health under the Ministry of Health (Continuance) Act,
1920, up to the 1st January, 1923, when the provisions of Section 3
will come into force. (Sec. 3.): continues and extends the provisions
of an existing Order of the Food Controller and prohibits the
addition of any colouring matter or water, or reconstituted milk,
or skimmed or separated milk, to milk intended for sale (Sec. 4):
prohibits under a heavy penalty the sale of milk of a cow suffering
from tuberculosis of the udder where it is proved that the seller
knew or could have ascertained by ordinary care that the cow was
suffering from that disease. (Sec. 6): empowers the Ministry of
Health to make Regulations prescribing standards for dried milk
and condensed milk and the manner in which dried, condensed,
skimmed or separated milk is to be labelled or marked.
The Act, it will be noted, is a weak (temporary, it is to be hoped)
substitute for the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915, the
operation of which is postponed for another three years.
The provisions contained in Section 2, dealing with the power
of Sanitary Authorities to refuse to register or to remove from
the register retail purveyors of milk are, so far as London is concerned,
similar to those already contained in the London County
Council (General Powers) Act, 1908. The main difference between
the two Acts is practically that relating to procedure. Under the
General Powers Act and this Act there is an appeal by any person
who thinks himself aggrieved by the decision of the Sanitary
Authority to a Court of summary jurisdiction within 21 days from
the date of such decision. Under the Milk and Dairies (Amendment)
Act, before deciding to refuse to register or remove from the register
a retail purveyor of milk, the Sanitary Authority must serve notice
upon him setting out the reasons why it is proposed to remove him
from the register or refuse to register him, and requiring him at not
less than 7 days' notice to appear before them to show cause to the
contrary.