Appeal cases under the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, 1875 & 1879, and the Margarine Act, 1887 / by B. Scott Elder.

  • Elder, B. Scott
Date:
1900
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Credit: Appeal cases under the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, 1875 & 1879, and the Margarine Act, 1887 / by B. Scott Elder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    per cent, of starch and sugar. There was a wrapper round the tin stating that the cocoa was mixed. The evidence was that West India arrowroot and sugar were mixed to modify the effect of the cocoa butter, and prevent the heavier particles settling, the cocoa not being fit for consumption without the arrowroot. A. contended that he was within the 8th section, as the ingredients mixed were not injurious or used fraudulently. The justices held that the label did not distinctly or legibly state the cocoa was mixed, the type being so small that it required a magnifying glass, and convicted A. Held, the justices were wrong. (See noio Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, s. 12.) JONES v. DAVIES (1893). 57 J. P. 808 ; 9 T. L. R., 492. Selling a mixture: Sufficiency of label on tin of condensed milk. The appellant purchased at the respondent’s shop a tin of condensed milk for 4\d. At the time of purchase the attention of the appellant was not called to any label on the tin, but he saw on it a