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Condensed Milk.
During the year, 19 samples of condensed milk were submitted
to the Public Analyst, of which 11 were described as "full cream"
and 8 as "machine separated.". Of the former, one formal sample
and one informal sample were certified to be deficient in milk fat
to the extent of 6 per cent. and 2 per cent. respectively.
Legal proceedings were instituted in regard to the formal sample,
but the defendant successfully pleaded a warranty. Subsequently
proceedings in respect of false warranty were taken against the
wholesale firm, and the case was dismissed under the Probation
of Offenders Act on payment of 25 guineas costs (vide p. 82).
Cheese.
Four samples of cheese were submitted for analysis during
the year, all of which were procured formally. The samples proved
genuine.
Butter.
The total number of samples of butter taken during the year
was 76. Of these 56 were submitted informally.
All these samples were reported as genuine and were found
to be free from preservatives other than salt.
The average moisture content of the 76 samples amounted to
14.6 per cent., the maximum amount permitted being 16.0 per
cent.
Margarine.
Forty-nine samples of margarine were purchased and submitted
to the Public Analyst for examination, 44 of which were procured
informally, and in no case was adulteration certified, nor were
preservatives, other than common salt, found.
The average moisture content was 13.8 per cent.
Sausages, Bacon, Preserved Meats, &c.
Eleven formal samples of sausages (including 3 of liver or
luncheon sausage and 5 samples labelled "Preserved Sausage")
were submitted to the Public Analyst during the year.
All the samples of sausages were certified to be genuine, and
in the case of those labelled "Preserved Sausage" the preservative
present was within the limits allowed by the Public Health
(Preservatives, etc., in Food) Regulations.
Flour.
Nine samples of self-raising flour submitted for analysis were
all reported as genuine. These samples were all taken informally.