§ MR. SEVERNEasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether oleomargarine is permitted to be sold under the name of butter; and, if not, whether since the admixture of oleomargarine with butter may be easily detected by analysis, the district inspectors are directed to endeavour to discover such fraudulent admixture?
§ MR. DODSONSir, the sale of oleomargarine as butter is not permitted under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, and numerous convictions have taken place when it has been thus sold. The district Inspectors employed to obtain samples for analysis take their instructions from the local authorities, and the Local Government Board have no control over them. It is open, however, to private individuals to have samples analyzed under the Act.