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Sampling
During the year 682 samples of food and drugs were submitted to
the Public Analyst for chemical analysis. Of this number five were
adversely reported upon. One of these was a sample of tablets reported
by the Public Analyst to be 88 per cent. deficient of the Vitamin B. 1
stated to be present. The retailers who were summoned by the Council
availed themselves of the provisions of Sections 113 and 115 of the
Food & Drugs Act 1955, and gave notice that they Intended to prove
that the contravention was due to the act or default of their suppliers,
and, further, or alternatively, that they relied upon a warranty given
to them by the suppliers in respect of the tablets. Both the retailers
and the suppliers pleaded "not guilty". The Magistrate found that the
retailers could not rely upon the warranty and that they had not proved
that the contravention was due to the act or default of the suppliers;
also that the contravention arose as a result of a chemical reaction
In the tablets betwsen the time of manufacture and the time of sale.
The summons by the retailers against the suppliers was dismissed, the
retailers were granted an absolute discharge and the Council awarded
£10.10.0. costs.