CONTENTS. 



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Introduction ....'.. 7 



List of English food laws 7 



Definition of terms 8 



Administrative work and methods of enforcement 10 



General administrative measures 10 



Technical questions referred to special commissions 12 



Miscellaneous reports made by Medical Department, Local Govern- 

 ment Board 12 



Committee report on preservatives and colors 14 



Commission report on whisky and other potable spirits 16 



Control of imports by the commissioners of customs 16 



Scope of work compared with that of Local Government Board 16 



Tea, drugs, and other products 17 



Dairy products 18 



General sanitary inspection 19 



Labeling of imports under the merchandise marks acts, 1887-1891 20 



Extent of inspection and sampling under the various laws 21 



Special examination of dairy products 21 



Inspection under the butter and margarine act, 1907 22 



Sampling under the sale of food and drugs act 22 



Discussion of the principal food laws. .^ 24 



The sale of food and drugs acts, 1875-1899 24 



Important sections of the act 25 



Principal offenses 26 



Comparisons with the food law of the United States 27 



Method of sampling 31 



Guaranties 32 



Sale of milk regulations, 1901 33 



Butter and margarine act, 1907 34 



Fertilizers and feeding stuffs act, 1906 37 



The public health act, 1907 39 



The merchandise marks acts, 1887-1894 40 



ledgmente 42 



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