Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 36—
Article | Formal or informal | Adulteration or irregularity | Action taken or result of proceedings |
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Cooking butter | Informal | Sample rancid | Remainder of stock destroyed |
Cooking butter | Informal | Sample rancid | Remainder of stock destroyed |
Anise seed | Informal | Contained an excess of foreign organic matter. | Further sample taken and found satisfactory |
Cake decorations | Informal | Contained a nonpermitted green colour | Colour changed to a permitted one. |
Cake decorations | Informal | Contained a nonpermitted green colour | Colour changed to a permitted one |
Orange syrup | Informal | Sample described as "true fruit flavour" although artificially flavoured | New label printed |
Lemon/lime syrup | Informal | —do— | —do— |
Lime syrup | Informal | Contained a nonpermitted green colour. Also described as "true fruit flavour" although artificially flavoured | Colour changed to a permitted one. New labels printed. |
Instant coffee | Informal | Incorrectly labelled | Manufacturer notified |
Cooking butter | Formal | Sample rancid | New labels printed |
Pumpkin pie spice | Informal | Incorrectly labelled | Manufacturer notified |
Cream | Informal | Contained 21% fat other than butter fat | Formal sample taken and found to be genuine |
Garden mint in vinegar | Informal | Contained large amount of stalk | Stock all sold |
Mushroom sauce | Informal | List of ingredients not in correct order | Discontinued line (imported from France) |
Garden mint in vinegar | Informal | Contained a large amount of stalk | Manufacturers state that an identical complaint was dismissed by magistrates in 1955 |
Compound Codeine tablets | Informal | Contained an excess of aspirin and phenacetin | Formal sample found to be genuine |
Ammoniated Tincture of quinine | Informal | Deficient in ammonia | Formal sample found to be genuine |
Chopped pork | Informal | Deficient in meat content | Manufacturer notified |