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PRESERVATIVES IN MILK AND CREAM. 



The Local Government Board, England, in February, 191 2, 

 in the exercise of its powers under the Public Health Acts, 

 drafted regulations prohibiting the use of preservatives in 

 milk and denning the conditions under which preservatives 

 may be used in cream. 



PRESERVATIVES IN MILK. 

 Article III. : " 1. No person shall add, or order or permit 

 any other person to add, any preservative substance to milk 

 intended for sale for human consumption. 2. No person 

 shall sell, or expose or offer for sale, or have in his possession 

 for the purpose of sale, any milk to which any preservative 

 substance has been added in contravention of subdivision (1) 

 of this article." The expression " milk " includes separated, 

 skimmed, condensed, and dried milk ; but as the traffic in 

 condensed milk would be seriously impeded if the use of 

 sugar were disallowed, it is provided that " neither cane nor 

 beet sugar shall be regarded as a preservative or a thickening 

 substance." 



PRESERVATIVES IN CREAM. 

 " I. No person shall add, or order or permit any other person 

 to add, (a) any thickening substance to cream or preserved 

 cream ; {b) any preservative substance to cream containing 

 less than 40 per cent by weight of milk fat ; (c) to cream 

 containing 40 per cent or more by weight of milk fat any 

 preservative substance other than (i.) boric acid, borax, or a 

 mixture of these preservative substances, or (ii.) hydrogen 

 peroxide, in amount not exceeding 0-1 per cent by weight, 

 in any case in which the cream is intended for sale for human 

 consumption. 2. No person shall sell, or expose or offer for 

 sale, or have in his possession for the purpose of sale, any 

 cream to which any thickening substance or any preservative 

 substance has been added in contravention of the provisions 

 of subdivision (1) of this article." Every seller of preserved 

 cream will be required in every invoice, bill, advertisement, 

 trade list, or other document which is used in connection with 

 the sale of preserved cream, to describe the article as (a) pre- 

 served cream (boracised), or (b) preserved cream (peroxidised), 

 as the case may be. (This provision will come into force on 



