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SALE OF MILK REGULATIONS. 



The Board of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers con- 

 ferred on them by Section 4 of the Sale of Food and Drugs 

 Act, 1899, have made the following regulations with respect 

 to the sale of milk in Great Britain : — 



Milk. 



1. 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 Act, 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. 



2. 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 purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs 

 Acts, 1 875 to 1 899, 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. 



Skimmed or Separated Milk. 



3. Where a sample of skimmed or separated milk (not 

 being condensed milk) contains less than 9 per cent, of milk- 

 solids, it shall be presumed for the purposes of the Sale ot 

 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 regulations came into force on September 1st, 1901. 



