The Adulteration of Coffee Act 1718
[The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.] (
5 Geo. 1. c. 11) was an
Act of Parliament of the
Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdo ...
concerning the
adulteration of
coffee, which made it illegal to debase coffee.
History
It was passed in 1718. The Act provided a penalty of "against divers
iverseevil-disposed persons who at the time or soon after roasting of coffee, make use of water, grease, butter, or such like material whereby the same is made unwholesome and greatly increased in weight, to the prejudice of His Majesty's Revenue, the health of his subjects, and to the loss of all fair and honest dealers."
When coffee fell out of fashion, in favour of
tea, a similar law was then introduced, the Adulteration of Tea Act 1776.
When recent
Governor of Ceylon Viscount Torrington presented a petition in 1854 to similar, reinforcing effect, namely to counter the use of
chicory for mixing—as coffee was by 1854 subject to a duty of 75% on top of the London market price—he stressed another piece of legislation had strong effect.
He also mentioned coffee as the main export item at that time of Ceylon.
[ This reinforcement was the Act ]43 Geo. 3
This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1802.
Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of ...
. c. 129 (the Excise Act 1803
file:Lincoln Beer Stamp 1871.JPG, upright=1.2, 1871 U.S. Revenue stamp for 1/6 barrel of beer. Brewers would receive the stamp sheets, cut them into individual stamps, cancel them, and paste them over the Bunghole, bung of the beer barrel so when ...
) such that no vegetable substance resembling coffee was permitted on the premises of licensed coffee dealers.[
The Act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1958.
]
See also
References
Coffee Adulterants And Substitutes
Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1718
History of coffee
Food law
Adulteration
Repealed Great Britain Acts of Parliament
{{GB-statute-stub