Commerce (Imports) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1924. No. 48.

•REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMERCE (TRADE

UESCRIRTIONS) ACT 1905.

I THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL iu and over the Commonwealth of , Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council,

do hereby make the following regulations under the Commerce (Trade

Dexcrijitions) Act	1905, to come into operation on the 1st day of July,
1924.

Dated this second day of April, 1924.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

AUSTIN CHAPMAN,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

A mendment of Commerce ( I mports) R egulations 1923.

(Statutory Rules 1923, No. 37, as amended to this date.)

1. Regulation 9 of the Commerce (Imports) Regulations 1923 is

amended by omitting sub-regulation (3), and inserting in its stead the

following	sub-regulation: —
(3) In the case of infants’ food, the trade description shall

include a statement setting out the following particulars: —

(ft) the date when the food was packed;

(//) the percentage composition of the food when prepared in

accordance with accompanying instructions and a state­

ment of the source of the proteins and fats, and the

exact nature of the carbo-hydrate constituent;

(e) the average percentage composition of human milk:

Provided that if the label contains the words “ This food shall not be given to infants under the age of six months except under medical direction,” in. bold-faced sans-serif capital letters of not

lees than six point face measurement, the particulars as required

by sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) need not appear.

Authorised Version C1924L00048 registered 10/09/2022

For the purpose of this sub-regulation the average percentage

composition of human milk shall be deemed to be—

Proteins ... ... ... 1.5 per cent.

Fat	...	...................3.5	„
Lactose	...	...................6.5	„
Ash	...	...................0.2	„

(See also paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (4) of this Regulation

and Schedule on page 9).

2. The Schedule to (he Commerce (Imports) Regulations 1923 is

amended by omitting the standard for infants’ foods, and inserting the

following in its stead:—

Infants' Food.

“ Infants’ food shall not contain any wood fibre nor any mineral

substance insoluble in decinovmal hydrochloric acid, nor any pre­

servative substance.”

Printed and Published for the G overnment of the Commonwealth of A ustralia

by A lbert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.

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