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Regulations applicable to registered creameries.
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16.—(1) The following regulations shall apply to all premises registered in the register of creameries, that is to say:—
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(a) all butter manufactured on the premises shall be made from cream which has been separated on the premises by means of centrifugal force applied by mechanical power from the commingled milk supplies of a number of cow-keepers or has been supplied from other premises registered in the register of creameries or from premises registered in the register of cream-separating stations, or when so authorised by the Minister (which authorisation shall not be given unless the Minister is of opinion that there are special or unusual circumstances justifying him in so doing) and subject to the conditions named by the Minister, from a specified cream-separating station situate outside Saorstát Eireann;
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(b) all matters relating to the manufacture of butter on the premises shall be under the control of a duly qualified manager, and the prescribed particulars of all appointments of such managers shall be notified to the Minister in the prescribed manner;
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(c) every butter-maker on the premises and every person carrying out tests of milk or cream on the premises for the purpose of determining the percentage of butter-fat therein shall be duly qualified, and the prescribed particulars of all appointments of such butter-makers and persons shall be notified to the Minister in the prescribed manner;
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(d) butter containing water in excess of sixteen per cent. or any noxious colouring matter or any preservative other than salt of a prescribed description shall not be packed for export, or exported, or consigned for export, in or from the premises;
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(e) butter containing water in excess of sixteen per cent. or any noxious colouring matter or any preservative other than salt of a prescribed description shall not be packed for sale, or sold, or offered or consigned for sale on or from the premises, except to a butter-factory in Saorstát Eireann, and then only subject to and in accordance with the prescribed conditions and subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1907;
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(f) if any regulation under this Act is in force requiring the premises to be equipped with efficient plant for pasteurising milk or cream, or both milk and cream, all milk, cream, or milk and cream (as the case may require) used for the manufacture of butter upon the premises shall be pasteurised;
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(g) all butter exported from the premises and also every package or wrapper containing the butter shall before it leaves the premises be marked in the prescribed manner with the marks (if any) prescribed by regulations made under this Act;
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(h) all butter packed on the premises shall be packed only in such manner and in such packages or wrappers as shall be prescribed by regulations made under this Act;
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(i) no margarine or milk-blended butter, and no oil or fat capable of being used in the adulteration of butter shall be brought on to the premises;
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(j) save as hereinafter mentioned no butter, other than creamery butter obtained directly from other premises registered in the register of creameries shall be brought on to the premises.
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(2) If the Minister is satisfied, on the application of the registered proprietor or duly qualified manager of any premises registered in the register of creameries, that owing to a temporary decrease in the quantity of milk or cream supplied to the premises sufficient butter cannot be manufactured on the premises or obtained from other premises similarly registered to meet the immediate requirements of the business of the premises as normally carried on, the Minister may by licence issued by him to the registered proprietor of the premises authorise the bringing on to the premises of butter of such description, in such quantities, during such period, and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the licence: Provided always that while a licence under this sub-section is current in respect of any premises, any licence then in force for the use of the national mark in respect of butter manufactured in those premises shall be suspended.
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(3) For the purposes of this section a person shall be deemed to be duly qualified for a position only if he either possesses a certificate issued by the Minister of qualification for such position generally or has satisfied the Minister that he is qualified for the particular position.
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