[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon] page 85

Croydon 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Article	Nature of Adulteration or Deficiency	Remarks
Pure Pork	This article earried an unsatisfactory description, as the sample contained pork with ham trimmings and flavourings.	The packers have now amended the label to "Picnic Pork".
Bread and Butter	Consisted of Bread and Margarine.	Vendor Prosecuted.
Buttered Roll (2 samples)	Consisted of Bread Roll and Margarine.	Vendors Prosecuted.
Blue Berry Pie Pilling	The ingredients of this article were not specified on the label in accordance with the Labelling of Pood Order 1953.	The label on this article has now been amended by the Packers.
Tinned Scotch Broth Soup	Did not contain significant proportion of meat in soup, should contain 6% meat including bone and fat or 3% boned meat.	Meat deficiency due to fault in canning. Pour cans were found to contain more than 3% boned meat.
Soft Herring Roes	This sample of herring roes contained in a tin which had been leaking round the top seam where the lid is super-imposed.	All stocks were withdrawn and destroyed.

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ANALYSIS OF PROSECUTIONS UNDER FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955 AND FOOD HYGIENE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 1960.

OFFENCE	RESULT
Two Christmas Puddings unfit for human consumption.	Pined £20 in each case.
Two loaves of bread, one containing a nail and one containing plaster.	Pined £20 in each case.
Two loaves of bread containing grease.	Fined £40 and £50 respectively.
Selling roll with margarine instead of buttered roll (2 cases)	First case had a conditional discharge for one year, the other case a fine of £5 was imposed.
Chocolate covered roll unfit for human consumption.	Fined £25.
Unsound Gingerbread cake.	Fined £20.
Mould in sausage roll.	Fined £15.
Two cases of smoking whilst handling open food.	Fined £5 and £3 respectively.