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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955.
A list of the very varied articles of which samples were submitted
to the Public Analyst is available. Altogether 168 samples
(including 11 informal ones) were examined of 73 products.
Samples of milk (64) were much the most numerous, the next
highest being confectionery (7) and spirits (5).
Only 6 samples were reported as not being genuine, i.e. of the
nature, substance and quality of the article demanded. The following
are the substances concerned and the result of the action taken.
Buttered Bread
The Public Analyst reported that this was a sample of bread
spread with a mixture of butter and margarine, the proportion of
butter in the mixture being not more than 60 per cent.
A warning letter was sent to the person concerned.
Cheese Spread
There was a discrepancy in the labelling of this product in
that the ingredients disclosed on the outside carton were different
from those disclosed on the cheese portions inside the packet.
The manufacturers were asked to make the necessary amendments.
Gluco Juice Vitaminised Plus Glucose
The Public Analyst objected to the claim made in the description
of this article that it contained added glucose when the actual
substance used was liquid glucose, which is a partially hydrolised
starch product of very different composition to glucose.
As, however, the term "Glucose Beverage" is used in the Food
Standards (Soft Drinks) Order, 1953 to include either substance, it
was felt that no useful purpose would be served at the present time
by pursuing the matter further.
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