[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley] page 82

Bromley 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Nature of Unsatisfactory Sample		Remarks
(w)	Serial No. 4784 Baby Food (Beef and Vegetable) Composition: The piece of glass received with the sample was approximately l½ in. x½ in. x 1/12th in. It had the same physical properties as the glass of the sample jar.	Legal proceedings. Manufacturer fined £40 with £16 costs.
(x)	Serial No. 4789 Cough Mixture Composition: 12.5 per cent v/v alcohol and 0.50 per cent v/v chloroform were claimed but only 7.5 per cent and 0.05 per cent respectively were found.	Correspondence with manufacturers. Product withdrawn from sale.
(x)	Serial No. 4801 Rubbing Oil (Snig Oil) Composition: The volatile oil content was 2.1 per cent v/v as against 5.5 per cent v/v declared.	Correspondence with manufacturers in progress.
(y)	Serial No. 4956 Chicken Casserole Composition: This was an uncooked chicken only, for casseroling, and should be described as a casserole chicken.	Correspondence with manufacturers. Withdrawn from sale. Satisfactory.
(a)	Serial No. 4850 Stewed Steak with rich gravy Composition: Meat 65 per cent. This type of product should contain not less than 75 per cent meat.	All affected stock withdrawn from sale. Satisfactory.
(a)	Serial No. 4844 Chopped Braised Pork Kidneys in gravy Composition: Meat 55 per cent. The meat content should be not less than 75 per cent.	Correspondence with manufacturers. Repeat samples satisfactory.
(a)	Serial No. 4967 Minced Beef Composition: Associated with the sample were two pieces of ferrous metal each measuring approximately 0.2 in. by 0.1 in. overall.	Matter investigated. Source of metal not positively identified.
(d)	Serial No. 4853 Pasteurised Milk Composition: The unopened bottle of milk contained a small dark body about the size of a pin head. When examined microscopically it showed no organised structure and appeared to consist of dust particles.	Matter investigated. Warning letter to bottlers.