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Condensed Milk, and rancid Pudding Mixture and Pastry. 3 samples
(Canned Brisling and Canned Cherries) were found to be contaminated
by metallic substances, due to corrosion of the containers, and three
others (Cake, Cheese Cake and Paraffin) were contaminated by dirty
impurities, including rodent excrement in the sample of Cake. 4 articles
did not correspond to their description; soft, processed cheese (11% butter
fat, 68% water, 191 Calories) being described as Cream Cheese, which
would contain 70% butter fat, 25% water and 680 Calories; a mixture of
soya flour, sugar and oil was sold as ' Almond Powder'; Cream of
Tartar as 'Tartaric Acid' ; and a confection made from sugar and
synthetic gum, as ' Meringues.' The sale of imitation meringues was
commented upon in my Report for 1949, in connection with a previous
sample of similar composition. Deficiencies of essential constituents were
found in 4 samples, viz. of meat in Sausages, sugar in Table Jelly Tablets,
and of saccharin in Saccharin Tablets. Excesses were found in 2 samples,
viz. of bicarbonate of soda in ' Honeycomb ' and of calcium in Table Salt.
In the 3 remaining samples (Preserved Sausages and Condensed Milks),
labelling requirements had not been observed.
“ No further instances of mineral oils in cakes or other foods were
detected during 19.50, due no doubt to the passing of the Mineral Oil in
Food Order in 1949, which prohibited their use.