§ 74. Captain FAIRFAXasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that fish is moister than meat and, for that reason, more liable to contamination and risk by and from flies and dust, he has considered or will consider applying to fish the provisions of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThat part of the Meat Regulations dealing with inspection at the time of slaughter would obviously 582 be inapplicable to fish. The conditions under which fish and other foods are stored or sold are now governed by Section 72 of the Public Health Act, 1925, which applies to fish (amongst other foods) the important provisions of the Regulations dealing with the conditions under which meat is stored or sold in shops.