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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk. Samples taken numbered 608 and of these 7 or 1.1 per cent
were found to be adulterated.
Food and Drugs, Act. During the year 1,000 samples of food and
drugs were submitted to the Public Analyst and 39 or 3.9 % were
reported adulterated. The following are the comments of the Public
Analyst on these adulterated samples (it is regretted that it is not
possible to publish his complete report).
Article
Total
samples
examined.
Number
adulterated.
Remarks.
Formal Informal.
Butter
53
-
Margarine (sample submitted
by member of public)
1
Cereals
47
-
1
12% attacked by maggots.
Coffee & Chicory
Extract
5
1
-
Improperly labelled.
Egg substitute
11
1
3
3.45% total solids containing
1% sodium bicarbonate,
0.25% gelatine, 0.3% gum.
Labelled "Perfect substitute
for eggs for cooking purposes"
-preparation was a coloured
baking powder egg substitute.
Labelled "Contents equal 4
eggs" - contained no egg
powder.
Essences and
flavourings
9
-
4
Contained 24,000 bacteria
viable@ 22º C
22,000
2,400
Rice Custard
Pudding.
1
-
1
Lemon substitute contained
no acid constituents.
Misleading label "looks and
tastes like a real egg
pudding" -Preparation was
an ordinary starch
substitute.
Saccharin &
Sugar
Substitutes
9
3
3
19% & 76% deficient in
saccharin. Contained 16.000
bacteria viable @ 22º C.
Contained only 1/6 recognised
content of saccharin.
Sausages
22
2
-
Preservative not declared.
Contained 136 pp of SO2
per million.
2
-
2
Bitter taste due to keeping
infusion hot in an urn for
too long a period.
Tea Infusion
Vinegar
11
2
2
12.5% & 4% deficient in acetic
acid. Spirit vinegard
labelled "Non-brewed"
Glauber Salts.
3
-
3
37%, 14% & 8% deficient in
water of crystallisation.
Proceedings were taken in respect of (a) one sample of adulterated milk
and the case was dismissed under P of 0 Act on payment of 3 guineas
costs, (b) a sample of falsely described Vinegar - fined £2 & 3 guineas
costs, and (c) a sample of Saccharin tablets 76% deficient in
saccharin - fined £50 & 5 guineas costs.
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