The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1915 page 64

Greenwich 1915

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1915

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Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1914.—Legal Proceedings, Particulars of Samples adulterated and result of action taken.

Description of Sample	Nature of Adulteration.	Result of Proceedings.
Milk	Admixed with 7 per cent. of water	Fined 20s., Costs, 2s.
„	„ „ 8 per cent. „	„ 10s., „ 22s.
„	5 per cent. of added water	Warning letter sent.
Butter	Admixed with 50 per cent. of Margarine	Fined 30s., Costs 22s.
Milk	Admixed with 3 per cent. of water	Warning letter sent.
„	Addition thereto of 4 per cent. of water	„ „
„	Admixed with 6 per cent. of water	Defendant died. Summons not served.
„	12 per cent of fat abstracted	Fined 10s., Costs 20s.
„	15 „ „ „	„ 20s., „ 2s. 6d.
Butter	5.2 per cent. of water in excess	„ 10s., „ 20s.
Milk	Abstraction of 21 per cent. of fat	Wrong defendant summoned.
„	„ „ 6 „ „	„ „ „
„	Addition of 2.5 per cent. of water	Warning letter sent.
Butter	Admixed with 90 per cent. of margarine	Fined 3s., Costs 17s.
Milk	Abstraction of 5 per cent. of fat	Warning letter sent.
„	Addition of 3 per cent. of water	„ „
Butter	Admixed with 93 per cent. of Margarine	Fined £2, Costs 25s.
Milk	Abstraction of 28 per cent of fat	„ £4, „ 19s.
Margarine	Margarine 92, butter 8 parts	,, 5s., „ 17s.
Milk	3 per cent. of added water	Warning letter sent.
Margarine	Not labelled. Butter 10, margarine 90 parts	Summons withdrawn.
„	Not labelled	Warning letter sent.