IMPORTANT TO BUSINESS MEN.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 16, 29 September 1883, Page 2

IMPORTANT TO BUSINESS MEN.

Amongst other measures that paSfcfed through Parliament last session was th& Adulteration Prevention Act, which hot onty refers to adultejation generally, but is specially hard on bukera. It coined into opeiafcion on the Ist of next December, and it is well to Jet people have at least an abstract of its provisions :— - Every baker must hnvo his full initials stamj ed in Rom.in letters not less than an inch long upon every loaf baked by him or sold from his bakery, under penalty of j£s for every loaf sold without being 1 so stomped- He is also required, under the same penalty, to have the truo weight of tiie loaf similarly stamped upon it in figures of like size. There is an equal penalty on every person offering for sale in any shop, store, or building, or in any street or open place of public resort, any loaf so stamped, and any person so sailing bread deficient in weight In selling ** stale bread," which i« defined as broad which has bc?u manufactured for 24 hours or more, a stale loaf may be short weight, but the loss is to be made up by adding other bread, so that the customer shall receivo the weight paid for, and a penalty of j£s is prescribed for infringement of this rule. Bakers are to s«l) bread only in u French loaves " or " batch loaves " of two, four, nix, or eight pounds in weight respective iv, £5 fine being again imposed for infringement. Those provisions do not apply to "f.mcy bread." Inspectors to examine from time to time bread offered for >vie -vitnin their districts, and tost the weight of loaves. Resistance t*> inspection is iin d £5. In spccfoiN have to be appointtid by the local uutlioiitics. Any pdrctutsor ol drug* ot a) licles of food may have them analysed by a Government Analyst on piymcmt of a foe, and prust-uuto if uduttor.tion i> dotecttitK Inspectors m,y pnicurc ft»r annly.sis sample* of food ur ilrug^, paying ;he uixlin.try price. JEIO penalty f«>r refining to soil. In pu.vli.no l\»r tiiiysi^, the puroluwer is to divid • tho articlos inu> three parts, each to by sealed up, one to be delivered to the vendor, one to the analyst, one retained by pmvhi-«er for comparison. S.tmplos of imported wines or spirits may be demand i d witlmut p-iy-inanc by tin* inspector for analysis, and ir" adulteration is dist'ovpivd, tha imp >r(w must cuter into.i b<iud to destroy th adulterated liquor or export it from the colony failing which, to bo destroyed by the

Custom*. Milk find athur article*, of food am! nil diugs must ranch atsmfiaitis «|>^cified in the schedule to the Act. Spirits may bo reduood in strength by dilution with wnter to 25 degrees under proof in the case of brandy whisky, or mm ; or 35 degrees for #in. It wtobe no defence to a prosecution ior nriiiJieratioa to provo tlwt tlje analy«t'« fee is nut paid,- or a purchaser Imvmjr bf>u«jl»t for unuiysH, was not prejndi ;ed by the sale ; or tint tho urturie, though de&jctive in nature, or substance, or quality, was not defective in all* these renpecta. FBes recovered under the Act are to go to the focal bndv.