In view of questions raised by correspondents regarding the measure of milk supplied to the Shanghai public under licence, it may be useful to state that the Dairy Licence Conditions issued by the Municipal Gouneil call for a pint of sixteen' fluid ounces. The American pint was selected, according to the rec~ ards available, because there was a post-war dim culty in obtaining suitable bottles of the English Im-[perial Pint capacity. Tt is a stand-Ing routine of the Public Health Department to check all measures jin food premises licensed by the Council, Prosecutions occasionally" occur and show that that side of the Department's work is not overlook-fed, although in other countries a special organization exists solely for that purpose.
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