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INCINERATOR.—The following articles were destroyed
in the Incinerator:—1 Sheep
184 Sacks of Paper
30 Beds
18 Pillows
45 Mattresses
Clothing etc., from the Mortuary.
THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
A Sale of Food and Drugs' Act was passed during the year
which amends and supplements the previous Act in the following
particulars:—
Section 1.— Imposes penalties on importers of margarine, margarine
cheese, adulterated or impoverished butter, milk or cream,
condensed, separated or skimmed milk, unless the same be imported
in packages or receptacles conspicuously marked with the name or
description indicating the nature of the contents.
Sections 2 and 3.—Give power to the Local Government Board
or Board of Agriculture to appoint officers to procure samples of food
for analysis, and to act in default of Local Authority.
Section 4.—Gives power to the Board of Agriculture to make
regulations as to the standards for the analysis of milk, cream, butter
or cheese.
Section 5.—Extends the provision of the Margarine Act, to
Margarine Cheese.
Section 6.—Provides that packages of margarine and margarine
cheese should be suitably labelled and not solely by a ticket or label
attached thereto. The article must be delivered in a wrapper marked
margarine or margarine cheese, and no other printed matter is to
appear on the wrapper.