[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough] page 53

Deptford 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]

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Table: TABLE VII Action taken in respect of Food and Drug Irregularities

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TABLE VII Action taken in respect of Food and Drug Irregularities

Number	Food	Type of Sample	Nature of Irregularity	Action Taken
11	Sweetened Steam Pudding Mixture.	Informal	The fat in the sample was rancid and contained 34% of free fatty acids	Whole consignment destroyed.
34	Demi-sel Pasteurised Cream Cheese.	Informal.	Contained Water 67.7% Fat 11.2% corresponding to 34.7% fat calculated on the dry substance; indicating that the cheese was made from partially skimmed milk.	Letter sent to Ministry of Food. No further action taken.
35	Honeycomb Toffee.	Informal.	Contained Bicarbonate of Soda, 9%.	No action taken.
H. 6	Milk.	Formal.	Contained:— Fats 3.30% Solids not fat 8.34% corresponding to the presence of one per cent, added water.	No legal action taken. Further samples satisfactory.
7F.	Milk.	Formal.	Contained:— Fat 3.40% Solids not fat 8-41% corresponding to the presence of one per cent, added water.	No legal action taken. Further samples satisfactory.
71	Condensed Machineskimmed Milk, sweetened.	Informal.	Consisted of Condensed Milk of inferior quality.	Whole consignment destroyed.
65	Sweet Pickles.	Informal.	Unsound.	Whole consignment destroyed.
5	Pork Sausages.	Informal.	Contained meat, 38%.	Legal proceedings taken.
9	Pork Sausages.	Formal.	Contained meat, 39%.	Legal proceedings taken.
154	Sweetened Almond Powder.	Informal.	The powder contained no almonds but consisted of a mixture of sugar, soya flour and oil.	This was taken as a result of having been asked to condemn it. The owner was warned that it could not be sold with its present label but that it was not unfit for food.
91	Brisling, Canned.	Informal.	Contained Tin. 2.8 grains per pound.	Accepted surrender of rest of consignment.
135	Dessert, Gelatine, Strawberry Flavour.	Informal.	The sample consisted of a table jelly tablet, but was not of the composition required by the Food Standards (Table Jellies) Order, 1949, being deficient in sugar.	Ministry of Food approved label.