STANDARD FOR MILK AND CREAM
The regulations for the sale of milk under the Food and Drugs Act provide that the milk shall be clean and fresh. It shall contain not less than eight and five-tenths parts per cent of milk solids other than milk fat, and 3*4 parts per cent of milk fat. It shall not contain any added water nor any foreign substance. Cream shall not contain any foreign substance and shall be sold under either of the following denominations: —"Double cream" shall mean cream containing not less than 40 parts per cent of milk fat. "Single cream" shall mean cream containing not less than 25 parts per cent of milk fat. There shall be written on the principal label attached to every package which contains cream the words '' Double cream "or " Single cream, 1 ' as the case may be, together with the words "Containing not less than (here insert the percentage of milk fat) per cent of milk fat," in bold faced sans serif types of not less than 12 points face measurement.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12910, 6 October 1914, Page 2
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176STANDARD FOR MILK AND CREAM Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12910, 6 October 1914, Page 2
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