The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1918 page 43

Greenwich 1918

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1918

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Table: Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1918. Legal Proceedings, Particulars of Samples adulterated and result of action taken.

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Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1918. Legal Proceedings, Particulars of Samples adulterated and result of action taken.

Description of Sample	Nature of Adulteration.	Result of Proceedings.
Margarine	Not labelled as required by the Margarine Act	Fine £3, Costs, £3.
Milk	Addition of 3 per cent, of water	Warning letter.
„	„ 19	Still before Court.
„	„ 19 „ „	Costs 23s.
„	2	Warning letter.
„	3	„ „
„	„ 7 „ „ „	Fine £2, Costs £2 2s.
„	Slightly deficient in solids, not fat	No action taken.
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„	Addition of 3.5 per cent. of water	Warning letter.
„	Slightly deficient in solids, not fat	No action taken
„	Addition 2 percent, of water, abstraction 5 per cent, of fat	Fine £1, Costs 10s.
„	Addition of 23 per cent, of water	Fine £4, Costs 21s.
„	2	Warning letter.
„	4 „ „	„ „
„	3 „	„ „
„	3 „ „	„ „
„	11 „ „	Fine 20s., Costs 21s.
„	„ 2 „ „	Warning letter.
„	Extraction of 36 per cent, of fat	Fine £5, Costs 21s.
„	Addition of 5 per cent, of water	Warranty proved.
„	„ 7 „ „	Fine £1, Costs 21s.
„	Slightly deficient in solids, not fat	No action taken.
„	Abstraction of 3 per cent. of fat	Warning letter.
„	„ 2 „ „	„ „
Mustard	Admixed 20 per cent, flour coloured with Turmeric	Summons dismissed.
Milk	Addition of 2 per cent. of water	Warning letter.
„	Abstraction of 24 per cent, of fat	Warranty proved.
„	Addition of 18 per cent, of water	„ „
„	Abstraction of 21 per cent, of fat	Fine 38s., Costs 22s.
„	Slightly deficient in solids, not fat	No action taken.
Vinegar	Admixed with 49 per cent, of water	„ „
„	49	Fine 8s., Costs 12s.
Milk	Addition of 15 per cent, of water	Costs £2. 2s.
„	5 „ „	Fine 20s., Costs 25s.
„	3 „ „	Warning letter.
„	„ 3 „ „	„ „
„	„ 7 „ „	Fine £3, Costs £2 5s.
„	Abstraction of 12 per cent. of fat	Fine £1, Costs £1 5s.
Mustard	35 per cent, flour coloured with Turmeric.	Under special circumstances no proceedings taken.
„	Contained very small mixture of flour and Turmeric	Warning letter.
Vinegar	Addition of 32 per cent, of water	Fine 20s., Costs 32s. 6d.
Dripping	22 per cent. of water	Fine 20s., Costs 22s. 6d.
Milk	Addition of 10 pet cent, of water	Warranty proved, summons dismissed.
Vinegar	15 „	Fine £10, Costs 37s. 6d.
„	48 per cent, of Acetic Acid short	Warning letter.
Milk	Addition of 16 per cent, of water	Proceedings not taken owing to technical difficulties.