Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1875
Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1875 (1875 c. 63)
- Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1875 (1875 c. 63)
- 1 Repeal of statutes
- 2 Interpretation of words
- Description of Offences
- 3 Prohibition of the mixing of injurious ingredients, and of selling the same
- 4 Prohibition of the mixing of drags with injurious ingredients, and of selling the same
- 5 Exemption in case of proof of absence of knowledge
- 6 Prohibition of the sale of articles of food and of drugs not of the proper nature, substance, and quality
- 7 Provision for the sale of compounded articles of food and compounded drugs
- 8 Protection from offences by giving of label
- 9 Prohibition of the abstraction of any part of an article of food before sale, and selling without notice
- Appointment and Duties of Analysts, and Proceedings to obtain Analysis
- 10 Appointment of analysts
- 11 Town council of a borough may engage the analyst of another borough or of the county
- 12 Power to purchaser of an article of food to have it analysed
- 13 Officer named to obtain a sample of food or drug to submit to analyst
- 14 Provision for dealing with the sample when purchased
- 15 Provision when sample is not divided
- 16 Provision for sending article to the analyst through the post office
- 17 Person refusing to sell any article to any officer liable to penalty
- 18 Form of the certificate
- 19 Quarterly report of the analyst
- Proceedings against Offenders
- 20 Proceedings against offenders
- 21 Certificate of analyst prima facie evidence for the prosecution, but analyst to be called if required. Defendant and his wife may be examined
- 22 Power to justices to have articles of food and drug analysed
- 23 Appeal to quarter sessions
- 24 In any prosecution defendant to prove that he is protected by exception or provision
- 25 Defendant to be discharged if he prove that he bought the article in the same state as sold, and with a warranty. No costs except on issues proved against him
- 26 Application of penalties
- 27 Punishment for forging certificate or warranty; for wilful misapplication of warranty; for false warranty; for false label
- 28 Proceedings by indictment and contracts not to be affected
- Expenses of executing the Act
- 29 Expenses of executing Act
- Special Provision as to Tea
- 30 Tea to be examined by the Customs on importation
- 31 Interpretation of Act
- 32 Provision for the liberty of a cinque port
- 33 Application of the Act to Scotland
- 34 Interpretation of terms in application of Act to Ireland
- 35 Commencement of the Act
- 36 Title of the Act
- SCHEDULE Form of Certificate
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