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APPENDIX.
Report or Administration in connection with the Public Health
(Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912, for the Year ended
December 31st, 1914.
1. Milk and cream not sold as preserved cream:—
(a)
Number of Samples examined
for the presence of a
preservative.
(b)
Number in which a preservative
was reported to be
present.
-
497
-
Milk
7
7
Cream
Nature of preservative in each case in column (b) and action taken under the
Regulations in regard to it.
In each case the preservative was boric acid in quantities
varying from 0.44 to 0.25 per cent. In four cases cautions were
addressed to the vendors by the Public Health Committee, and in
three summonses were issued.
2. Cream sold as preserved cream.
(a) Instances in which samples have been submitted for analysis to
ascertain if the statements on the label as to preservatives were correct.
(1) Correct statements made 1
(2) Statements incorrect
Total 1
(6) Determinations made of milk fat in cream sold as preserved cream.
(1) Above 35 per cent. 1
(2) Below 35 per cent.
Total 1
(c), (d) There was one instance in which the requirements as to
labelling, &c., were not complied with; and in this case a caution
was sent to the vendor.
3. No evidence was found of any addition of thickened substances
to cream or to preserved cream.
4. In addition to the above samples, which were taken formally,
41 were taken informally; of these 29 conformed to the
regulations, and 12 did not so conform.