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Margarine

Margarine. By the (English) Food and Drugs Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 31), defined as any article of food, whether mixed with butter or not, which resembles butter and is not milk-blended butter.Every packet of margarine sold must be clearly marked as such (s. 6). Factories and wholesale premises must be registered (s. 8). A register of consignments must be kept (s. 9). See, generally, Part II. of the Act....


Margarine-cheese

Margarine-cheese, any substance, whether compound or otherwise, which is prepared in imitation of cheese, and which contains fat not derived from milk. See, generally, (English) Food and Drugs Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 31), Part II...


Butter factory

Butter factory. 'Any premiseson which by way of trade butter is blended, re-worked or subjected to any other treatment, but not so as to cease to be butter.' Such premises have to be registered and are open to inspection by any officer of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries or of the Local Government Board, by virtue of the Butter and Margarine Act, 1907. See MARGARINE....


Margarin

A fatty substance extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and tripalmitin...


Margarine

A processed food product used as an inexpensive substitute for butter made primarily from refined vegetable oils sometimes including animal fats and churned with skim milk to form a semisolid emulsion also called oleomargarine artificial butter...


Adulteration

Adulteration, the corrupt production of any article, especially food: indictable at common law, see R. v. Dixon, (1814) 3 M&S 11. The adulteration of bread, corn, meal, or flour is made a statutory offence by the Bread Act, 1836, and the (English) Bread Acts (Amendment) Act, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 28), and that of food, including drink, generally by the (English) Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 31).By the act the mixing, colouring, staining or powdering of any article so as to render it injurious to health, as to affect injuriously the quality of the drugs or lettering any article in such estate, in punishable for a first offence by a fine not exceeding 50l.; for a second offence by imprison-ment not exceeding six months. The sale to the prejudice of the purchaser of articles of food and drugs not of the nature, substance or quality demanded by the purchaser, is prohibited. Where however, the article is properly labelled as mixed, no liability arises. Prov...


Goodwill

Goodwill, may be the whole advantage belonging to the firm, its reputation as also connection thereof. It, thus, means that every affirmative advantage as contrasted with negative advantage that has been acquired in carrying on the business whether connected with the premises of business or its name or style, everything connected with or carrying the benefit of the business, Ramnik Vallabhdas Madhwani v. Taraben Pravinlal Madhwani, (2004) 1 SCC 407: AIR 2004 SC 1084 (Partnership Act, 1932, s. 55).A business's reputation, patronage, and other intan-gible assets that are considered when apprising the business, esp. for purchase; The ability to earn income in excess of the an come that would be expected from the business veined as a mere collec-tion of assets, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 703.The advantage or benefit which is acquired by a business, beyond the mere value of the capital, stock, funds, or property employed therein, incon-sequence of the general public patronage and ...


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