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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bromley 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Nature of Unsatisfactory Sample | Remarks |
|---|---|
| Serial No. 3676 (i) Canned Chicken in Sauce Composition: The meat content was 58 per cent. The Canned Meat Products Regulations call for not less than 60 per cent. | Correspondence with manufacturers. Satisfac-factory. |
| Serial No. 3709 | |
| (c) Fish Fingers Composition: The soiling of the coating of the fish fingers was due to the presence of iron particles. | Warning letter to packers. |
| Serial No. 3678 | |
| (d) Milk Bottle Composition: The soiling on the inner surface of the bottle consisted of a set cement and sand mixture. A few particles were free in the milk. | Matter investigated. Not proceeded with owing to legal difficulties. |
| Serial No. 3596 | |
| (d) Milk Bottle Composition: Adhering to the inner surface of the empty pint milk bottle was an irregularly shaped film of denatured milk in which mould had grown. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to bottlers. |
| Serial No. 3707 | |
| (d) Pasteurised Milk Composition: The foreign matter which was free in the milk consisted of small particles of tea leaves. | Matter investigated. No further action |
| Serial No. 3598 | |
| (f) Bread Composition: The foreign matter complained of consisted of fragments, about 2.5 mm. in diameter, of flour, soiled by oil and iron particles. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker. |
| Serial No. 3708 | |
| (f) Bread Roll Composition: The foreign matter embedded in the dough was approximately 2.5 mm. in diameter and consisted of soiled dough, iron particles being detected. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker. |
| Serial No. 3660 | |
| (f) French Roll Composition : Contained a glass fragment having the characters of common glass. It was 20 mm. in length and 5 mm. in width and had the shape of the rim of a glass vessel. Fragments of dough were adherent to its surface. | Matter investigated. No further action. |