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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. 3677 | |
| (j) Biscuits Composition: The discolouration on the base of the biscuit measured 5 x 1.5 mm. It consisted of soiled dough, iron particles being present. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to manufacturer. |
| Serial No. 3659 | |
| (g) Cake Composition: The foreign body associated with the cake consisted of a 25 mm. length of match stick showing charring of the wood at the head end. Adherent to the wood were fragments of dough and tests showed that sugars had penetrated the wood structure. | Complainant refused to give evidence. Warning letter to baker. |
| Serial No. 3597 | |
| (k) Cereal Composition: The larva associated with the cereal was identified as that of Hof-mannophila pseudospretella, the brown house moth. No evidence of infestation could be found, however, in the carton, wrapper or remaining contents of the packet. | Matter investigated. No further action. |
| Serial No. 3599 | |
| (1) Tea Composition: the "object" associated with the tea was not a rodent dropping as was suspected but consisted of small fragments of tea leaves matted together with hairs off the leaves to form a coherent mass. | Matter drawn to attention of packers. |
| Serial No. 3629 | |
| (1) Tea Powder Composition: the glass splinter associated with the sample was 4 cm. long and had the same specific gravity, 2.47, as the glass of the jar in which the sample was contained, as well as having a compatible shape to that of the rim of the jar. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to packers and manufacturers. |
| Serial No. 3842 | |
| (a) Fat (removed from the outside of a rolled topside joint). Composition: the fat was pork fat. | Correspondence with vendor / manufacturer. This practice now discontinued. |
| Serial No. 3927 | |
| (a) Roast Beef Dinner Composition: A calcareous stone weighing 2 g. was present in the meal. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to packers. |