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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. 3843 | |
| (n) Peanut Butter Composition: The piece of glass submitted with the jar of peanut butter had the same specific gravity as the glass of which the jar was made. The sample jar was intact. | Matter investigated. Strong warning letter to packers. |
| Serial No. 3760 | |
| (f) Buttered Bread Composition: The dark coloured material embedded in the crumb consisted of dough soiled with iron and mineral oil. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker. |
| Serial No. 3763 | |
| (f) Bread Composition: The crumb was soiled locally by charred dough fragments. | Matter investigated and drawn to attention of baker. |
| Serial No. 3841 | |
| (f) Bread Composition: The soiling of the dough was due to mineral oil and particles of iron. The contamination was probably from the bakehouse machinery. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker. |
| Serial No. 3928 | |
| (f) Bread Composition: A cockroach was present in a depression in the basal crust of the loaf. The absence of phosphatase en-dymes indicated that it had been baked with the loaf. | Legal proceedings. Baker fined £30 with £15 4s. Od costs. |
| Serial No. 3977 | |
| (f) Bread Composition: The slices of bread showed an indentation on their basal surface: this indentation was soiled in similar manner to the two portions of cigarette filter tip associated with the sample and small portions of the filter tip were adherent to this depression. | Legal proceedings. Baker fined £40 with £15 4s. Od. costs. |
| Serial No. 3979 | |
| (f) Bread Composition: The foreign matter in the crumb of the bread consisted of rust flakes. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker. |
| Serial No. 3874 | |
| (j) Biscuits Composition: The amounts of calcium and phosphorus were both below the declared values, 100 as opposed to 120 and 55 as opposed to 85 mg. per oz. respectively. | Correspondence with manufacturers. Satisfactory. |