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Sale of Food and Drugs Acts —In Finsbury 500 food
samples are taken for analysis each year, and, in addition, 100
samples of milk are taken in the evening-, or on Sundays at irregular
and unusual hours. A rota is arranged at the beginning
of the year, but each inspector may also take samples at his own
discretion. All the shops in the Borough are sampled from time
to time—no exception is made. In 1914, 596 samples were taken
under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, two samples under the
Milk and Cream Regulations, and two informal samples. The
tables given below show the number and nature of the samples
collected and the number adulterated in each case.
Substance.
Samples
taken.
Adulterated.
Substance.
Samples
taken.
Adulterated.
Milk 344 29 Pepper 7 0
Butter 124 3 Flour 6 0
Cocoa 19 1 Tea 5 0
Vinegar 19 0 Lard 4 0
Coffee 12 0 Cheese 3 0
Sugar 12 0 Rice 2 0
Margarine 10 0 Dripping 1 0
Bread 10 0 Olive Oil 1 0
Jam 9 0
Mustard 8 0 Total 596 33