[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam] page 17

Sutton and Cheam 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Sample No.	Article Sampled	Type of Infringement	Action Taken
2303 (Informal)	Chemical Food	Labelling Infringement This preparation conformed to the standard of the British Pharmaceutical codex, but it was labelled as prepared according to the formula of the British Pharmacopoeia. This statement is misleading in that chemical Food is no longer included in the British Pharmacopoeia.	Caution The Pharmacy Superlnten dent acting on behalf of the retailers admltt ed the error, and requested the drug company who supplied the Chemical food to amend future labels.
A947 (Formal)	Dripping	The dripping contained 2.3% of free fatty acids and was slightly rancid.	Cautioned. It would appear that a certain amount of stale fat had been mixed with the fresh fat prior to rendering. A repeat sample proved satisfactory.
2207 (Informal)	Steak and Kidney Pudding	This article was of poor quality as regards composition and meat content. It consisted of a meat pudding containing minced meat and gravy thickened with cereal filler. The meat content expressed on the whole pudding and calculated as meat containing 15% of tat was 16%.	Cautioned. Steak and Kidney Pudding should consist of recognisable pieces of steak and kidney in gravy and not minced meat. The manufacturers admitted the mixture was "fine" as difficulty was experienced when using larger pieces of steak and kidney through a filler. A repeat sample taken revealed the filling to be satisfactory, although the proportion of meat In the whole pudding could, with advantage, be increased.
2265 (Informal)	Milk: Chocolate Fourrt Pineapple and Cream	Labelling Infringement The front panel of the wrapper of this article was illustrated with five whirls of whipped cream with pieces of pineapple on top and bore the description -Pineapple and cream. The filling contained sugar pineapple concentrate, 25% of fats other than milk fat and about 30% of dried milk, but no cream. The description and label were consldered as misleading.	The chocolate is manufactured in England in conjunction with an Associate Company in Switzerland. The manufacturers are giving serious thought and consideration to the points raised by the Public Analyst and a satisfactory conclusion is expected in the near future.