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New Milk. The 14 samples of milk which were found to be
unsatisfactory were all taken from churns of new milk con
signed by different farmers to milk processing depots in
your district 7 samples, all from one dairy farmer, were
found to be slightly deficient in milk fat A letter of
caution was sent to the farmer concerned and particulars
sent to the Milk Marketing Board in order that the farmer
could have the benefit of that Board s Advisory Service
The remaining 7 unsatisfactory samples were procured from
five different dairy farmers and in each case were from
one or two churns forming part of a larger consignment In
each case there was a slight deficiency in milk fat but
the average composition of each consignment was satisfactory
and no further action was called for
Cakes A sample sold as "Cream Sponge' was found to be
filled with imitation cream and an official caution was
addressed to the retailer.
Fish Products Two purchases of salmon rolls were made
from a cafe and in each case it was found that the filling
consisted of 50 per cent of Tuna fish Proceedings were
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