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The stock in every instance was withdrawn from sale.
Two tins of condensed machine skimmed milk sweetened, and one tin of
condensed full cream milk sweetened, were submitted to the Public Analyst to
ascertain whether the equivalent amount as stated on the labels was correct.
The statements on the tins of machine skimmed milk were found to be in
order, but the full cream milk (Sample No. 761) was reported to be of a pint
short of the equivalent amount (viz., 1¾ pints) ; that the contents should have
made according to the wording of the label on the tin.
As this brand of condensed milk was an imported one, the facts were communicated
to the Ministry of Health, in accordance with the requirements of the
Regulations.
PUBLIC HEALTH (MILK AND CREAM) REGULATIONS, 1912-1917.
Fifteen (15) samples of cream were purchased and submitted to the Public
Analyst during the year ended December 31st, 1923, and the details are set
out in the following table, in the form prescribed by the Ministry of Health.
All samples of milk formally and informally taken are analysed for
preservatives.
TABLE " E."
(1) Milk and Cream not sold as Preserved Cream.
Number in which preservative
was reported to be present and
percentage of preservative
found in each sample.
(B.)
Number of
Samples examined
for the presence of
a Preservative.
(A.)
Article.
Action taken.
Milk
689 Formal.
58 Informal.
Nil
-
747
Cream
8
5
E
Sample No. 201 Boric Acid
0-04 per cent.
do. 297 0.23 do.
Summons, Fined
20s. & 21s. costs
Caution, Public
Health Committee
do. 349 0.21 do.
do. do.
do. 432 0.38 do.
Summons, Fined
20s. and £3 3s. costs
do. 460 0.35 do.
Caution, Public
Health Committee
The Vendor of Sample No. 201 had been previously cautioned. The Vendor of
Sample No. 432 failed to comply with the Public Health Committee's request
for a written or verbal explanation as to the presence of a preservative in the
sample, and a summons was therefore ordered to be issued.