§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEY (Somersetshire, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether, seeing that the evidence of the Butter Standard Committee has been published for some time, he can now fix a standard for butter.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. HANBURY,) PrestonRegulations will at once be issued under Section 4 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, declaring that the presence of more than 16 per cent. of water in any sample of butter shall raise a presumption that the butter is not genuine. The regulations will come into force on the 15th May.