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addition of extraneous matter or proportion of water, in any sample 

 of milk (including condensed milk), cream, butter, or cheese shall, 

 for the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, raise a pre- 

 sumption, until the contrary is proved, that the milk, cream, butter, 

 or cheese is not genuine or is injurious to health. 



Section 9. Eequires that any milk vendor who sells milk or 

 cream from a vehicle or from a can or other receptacle must have 

 his name and address conspicuously inscribed on the vehicle or 

 receptacle. 



Section 1 0. When milk is sampled in course of delivery a portion 

 must be sent to the consignor if his name and address appear on 

 the case or package. 



Section 11. " Every tin or other receptacle containing condensed, 

 separated, or skimmed milk must bear a label clearly visible to 

 the purchaser on which the words * Machine -skimmed Milk,' or 

 ' Skimmed Milk,' as the case may require, are printed in large and 

 legible type." A penalty is imposed for contravention. 



Section 17. Extends the penalty for contravention of the Sale 

 of Food and Drugs Acts for second and subsequent offences. 



Under Section 4 of this Act the Board of Agriculture 

 made in 1901 certain regulations, known as the Sale of Milk 

 Eegulations, 1901. They include the following: 



Where a sample of milk (not being milk sold as skimmed, or 

 separated, or condensed milk) contains less than 3 per cent of milk- 

 fat, it shall be presumed, for the purposes of the Sale of Food and 

 Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1899, until the contrary is proved, that the 

 milk is not genuine, by reason of the abstraction therefrom of 

 milk-fat, or the addition thereto of water. 



Where a sample of milk (not being milk sold as skimmed, or 

 separated, or condensed milk) contains less than 8*5 per cent of 

 milk solids other than milk-fat, it shall be presumed, for the pur- 

 poses of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1899, until the 

 contrary is proved, that the milk is not genuine, by reason of the 

 abstraction therefrom of milk solids other than milk-fat, or the 

 addition thereto of water. 



Where sample of skimmed or separated milk (not being con- 

 densed milk) contains less than 9 per cent of milk-solids it shall be 

 presumed, for the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 

 1875 to 1899, until the contrary is proved, that the milk is not 

 genuine by reason of the abstraction therefrom of milk-solids other 

 than milk-fat, or the addition thereto of water. 



These sections almost entirely refer to milk as a chemical 

 food, or as a food to which chemicals may be added. It has 

 been suggested that they may be legally interpreted to deal 



