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(a) Contained small piece of coal. Makers warned.
(b) Edam Cheese. Fat in original milk 2.9%. Not labelled " made from
partially skimmed milk." No legal requirement re labelling.
Cream Cheese. Fat in original milk 3.6%. Not a cream cheese.
Wrongly labelled. Vendor warned—label changed.
(c) Contained small amounts of moisture and tissue. Wholesalers
informed. Further sample satisfactory.
(d) Two samples deficient in Vitamin A content (98 and 560 I.U's instead
of 760 I.U's). Subsequent sample satisfactory.
(e) Almond deficient (15%). Makers warned. Further sample revealed
increased almond.
(f) Meat deficient 19%. Makers warned. Further sample satisfactory.
(g) Two samples deficient in meat (9% and 15%). Makers informed.
Further samples satisfactory.
(h) Seven samples of pork sausages or sausage meat and one of beef
sausages—meat content varying from 45% to 62% (below former
standards). Makers warned—further samples satisfactory.
(i) Chicken soup only 2½% chicken. Stock withdrawn from sale.
(j) Chillies extensively attacked by insects. Importers informed.
(k) Contained carbonised and caremelised sugar. Manufacturers notified.
(l) Butter mixtures. Two samples deficient in butter fat (1.2% and
2.7%). Manufacturers warned. Label changed in one case.
Recipe changed in other.
French Nougat contained tobacco. Manufacturer successfully
prosecuted.
FOOD COMPLAINTS.
A total of 20 complaints were received in respect of impurities
in food, etc.
All of these were investigated and the food stuff traced to its
source. Where necessary warning letters were sent to shopkeepers
or manufacturers, and in two cases successful prosecutions were
instituted under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938,