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REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC
ANALYST FOR 1968
The analysis of samples of food and drugs purchased formally
and informally under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, is carried
out by the Public Analyst, D. G. Forbes, Esq., B.Sc., F.R.I.C.
As stated in the 1967 report, my proposals to the Health Committee
in the latter part of that year, for a variation in the make-up
of the 1,000 samples of food and drugs per year examined by the
Analyst, were approved and the new arrangements for the analysis
of 100 milk samples and 900 other foods and drugs became operative
from the beginning of 1968.
Of the 1,000 samples submitted to the Public Analyst during the
year under review, 30 were taken with the formalities required by
the Act and 970 taken informally. The number of food samples
was 903 and the remaining 97 were drugs.