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January i, 191 3.) Dealers in cream, preserved in a manner 

 which does not contravene the above regulation, will be 

 required, by means of labels on the receptacles, to declare 

 that the cream is preserved and to state the name of the 

 preservative. In this matter the regulations are precise, 

 laying down in a schedule the size of the label, which varies 

 according to the capacity of the receptacle, and prohibiting 

 the attachment to any receptacle of a label bearing a trade 

 description which would be likely to mislead a purchaser as 

 to the utility of the preservative substance. In tea shops 

 and other refreshment rooms the cream jugs will not be 

 required to be labelled if in each room a conspicuous notice is 

 affixed indicating that the cieam supplied is preserved cream, 

 or if a statement to that effect is printed on the bills of fare. 

 The regulations are made under the Public Health (Regulations 

 as to Food) Act, 1907, and any person who wilfully neglects to 

 carry out the regulations is liable to a penalty not exceeding 

 ^100, and in the case of a continuing offence to a furthei 

 penalty not exceeding 50 for every day during which the 

 offence continues. The penalties for offences against the 

 regulations are those for which provision is made by Sub- 

 section (3) of Section 1 of the Public Health Act, 1896, but 

 before the local authority institutes proceedings against any 

 person they will be required to afford him an opportunity of 

 explaining the circumstances in which any irregularity may 

 have occurred. With the exception of the provision relating 

 to the labelling of preserved cream, which takes effect on Jan. 

 1st, 191 3, the regulations take effect from June 1st, 191 2. 



