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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 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Nature of Unsatisfactory SampleRemarks
(a)Serial No. 4442 Meat Pasty Composition: In the portions of meat pasty submitted a 2i in. wire nail was partly but firmly embedded in the meat.Investigated. Warning letter to manufacturer.
(c)Serial No. 4547 Fish Hors d' Oeuvre Composition: In addition to the declared ingredients the sample contained 23 per cent onions, 12 per cent kidney beans and 4 per cent carrots.Correspondence with importers — new label produced, listing all ingredients.
(c)Serial No. 4513 Dressed Crab Composition: The crab content at 88 per cent was below the minimum of 93 per cent laid down in the Fish and Meat Spreadable Products Regulations.Correspondence in progress with importers.
(d)Serial No. 4394 Milk, Pasteurised Composition: Free in the milk were three small fragments of mould growths.Investigated. Warning letter to dairy.
(o)Serial No. 4441 Peanut Butter Composition: Associated with the peanut butter were 24 fragments of glass which varied in size from 50 x 20 mm. overall to minute splinters. The glass was similar to that of the containing jar.Legal proceedings. Manufacturer fined £30 with £15 costs.
(h)Serial No. 4561 Sliced Beans Composition: Associated with the empty tin of sliced beans were two fragments of glass having the characteristics of common bottle glass.Matter investigated. Importer and authorities of exporting country notified.
(h)Serial No. 4509 Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce Composition: The foreign object found in the can was a plant shoot 20 mm. long.Investigated and attention of canners drawn to matter.
(k)Serial No. 4475 Bread Composition: A fruit fly (Drosophila) was partly embedded in the crust of the loaf. It was possible that the fly had become embedded in the relatively soft crust after baking.Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker.