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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. 4167 | |
| (d) Pasteurised Milk—unopened bottle Composition: Floating free in the milk was a denatured milk film in which mould had grown. | Legal proceedings pending. |
| Serial No. 4162 | |
| (p) Apricot Yoghourt Composition: Contained parts of an ant. As most of the appendages were missing it was not possible to identify the ant but nevertheless it was not a British species and may have been associated with the apricot. Examination indicated that the ant had been heated. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to manufacturer. |
| Serial No. 4163 | |
| (p) Bilberry Yoghourt Composition: Contained a Carabid beetle. Examination indicated that it had been processed in the Yoghourt. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to manufacturer. |
| Serial No. 4129 | |
| (e) Butter Composition: Embedded in the block of butter was a fragment of grey coloured cardboard. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to packers. |
| Serial No. 3997 | |
| (f) Sliced Bread Composition: Embedded in each of the five slices of the cut loaf were fragments of a plastic covered fabric. Examination indicated that the fabric was in the loaf at baking and that it was cut with the cutting of the loaf. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker. |
| Serial No. 4051 | |
| (f) Bread Composition: The foreign matter embedded in the crumb of one crust and the adjacent slice consisted of jute fibres which had probably derived from sacking. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker. |
| Serial No. 4130 | |
| (f) Bread Composition: The foreign matter consisted of a small fragment of dough (4 mm. by 1 mm.) soiled with iron and mineral oil. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker. |
| Serial No. 4161 | |
| (f) Bread Rolls Composition: The outer surfaces of the rolls had become soiled with particles of charred dough together with sacking fibres (jute). | Matter under investigation. |