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Adulterated Food and Drugs.

(ii) so as to prohibit the presence in any article of food of sodium or potassium nitrite introduced in the preparation of such article by the use of any bacon, ham or cooked pickled meat containing sodium or potassium nitrate.

(2) The following provisions shall have effect with respect to any of the articles of food mentioned in paragraph 1 of the Second Schedule which contains any preservative specified in Part I of the First Schedule as permissible in the case of such article, that is to say—

(a) a person who exposes or offers any such article for sale by retail shall at the time when it is so exposed or offered either cause the article to be labelled in accordance with the rules set out in the said Second Schedule, or cause a notice to the effect that the article contains preservative to be exhibited in a conspicuous place so as to be easily readable by a customer; and

(b) a person who sells any such article shall cause it to be labelled in accordance with the said rules at the time when it is delivered to any purchaser, agent or broker:

Provided that—

(i) neither the requirement mentioned in para- graph (a) nor that mentioned in paragraph (b) shall apply where the article is exposed or offered for sale by retail or delivered to a customer in a hotel, restaurant or other such place for consumption on the premises; and

(ii) the requirement mentioned in paragraph (b) shall not apply where the article is sold by retail and delivered to the purchaser at the vendor's premises or stall if such a notice as is mentioned in paragraph (a) is there exhibited as provided in that paragraph.

(3) No person shall sell cream which contains any thickening substance.

(4) No person shall import, manufacture for sale or sell any cooked pickled meat intended for human consumption, other than bacon and ham, which contains sodium or

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