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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9229, 13 February 1920, Page 3

Owing to the occurrence in England recently of cases of anthrax, occasioned by the, use of brushes manufactured in Asiatic countries, action has been taken by the Federal Government to tighten up the regulations governing the importation into Australia of brushes or toilet articles containing 01 made from the hair of animals.- In Way of last, year a proclamation was issued prohibiting the importation into the Commonwealth from certain countries of shaving brushes or other articles made from animals' hair, unless accompanied by a certificate from a health official certifying that the hair used in the manufacture of the articles had been effectively cleansed and disinfected before being used. But it was discovered that the wording of this proclamation left the authorities powerless to prevent the importation of such articles from Croat Britain, notwithstanding that they had been manufactured in Asiatic countries. In consequence this proclamation has now bean revoked {says the Melbourne) Age) and a new proclamation issued prohibiting the importation into Australia of brushes of any description, or toilet articles containing or made from the hair of animals, winch have been manufactured in Eastern or SouthEastern Asia, India, Ceylon, Japan, the East Indian islands, or the Philippine Islands, unless a certificate from a responsible official of the Health Department of the-country of ..origin^ in produced within 60 days of the arrival of the goods in Australia, satisfactorily identifying them, and certifying that the hair contained in them, or from which they are made, was effectively cleansed and disinfected before manufacture.