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compound food and the ingredients should have been declared as "cream culture"; one of them was also 12 per
cent deficient in fat.
A processed cheese with ham contained 60.9 per cent of water after removal of the ham, whereas the
maximum permitted water content is 60 per cent.
A Goat's milk medium fat cheese contained 53 percent of fat calculated on the dry matter and was therefore
really a full fat cheese, but two samples of goat's milk yogourt contained respectively only 7.2 and 7.3 percent
of solids not fat. and 3.03 and 2.96 per cent of fat, whereas goats milk normally contains over 4 percent of fat
and 9 per cent of solids not fat. Another goat's milk yogurt contained only 2.97 percent of fat instead of 3.2 per
cent as claimed and it was also stated to be prepared from "Zimbabwe yogurt" which should have read "goat's
milk yoghourt". A follow-up sample of the same product contained 3.52 per cent of fat.
A lobster curry was made with cooked peeled shrimps and not lobster, and a product described as "I una
Fish with Garnish" contained only 12 per cent of tuna fish together with 88 percent of garnish, which included
carrots, cauliflower and black olives none of whose presence was declared. The illustration on the label of a
stuffed pork roll showed a considerable amount of salad not in the pack. A jar of curry paste was leaking and
separated on receipt so that it was impossible to determine the edible oil. It should, however, have been
labelled "stir before use", - and the declaration "spices" instead of curry or a list of spices, contravened the
Labelling of Food Order 1953 and the Labelling of Food Regulations 1970, and a curry sauce mix showed an
illustration of rice and vegetables which should have been labelled "serving suggestion" or "rice and vegetables
required".
The fat on a creamed milk pudding was only 2.56 per cent, although it was stated to be made with fresh milk
indicating that the milk had not been properly stirred in the holding container.
A ready to eat jelly contained 4 pieces of pineapple in an orange flavoured jelly, although the illustration on
the lid was that of an orange, and one saw nothing about pineapple until the list of ingredients wasexamined,
while a quince jelly was reported as inferior because the fruit content was only 20 to 23 instead of 40 percent.
Two cans of apricots described as "solid pack" showed drained weights of only 62 and 64 percent, which are
far from solid packs and the interiors of the cans were not lacquered.
An apricot jam contained only about 23 per cent of fruit, but the Preserves Regulations allow such a
product to be claimed as satisfactory because the fruit stones had been removed.
A pineapple juice contained less than 80 per cent of fruit juice indicating the addition of water, and a whole
lemon drink contained only 7.8 percent of lemon juice, whereas citrus drinks must contain not less than 10 per
cent of potable citrus fruit.
Some Campden Tablets, a preservative for fruit, were at least 15 per cent deficient in sulphur dioxide,
doubtless due to their being old stock and oxidised.
Some grapefruit segments contained 190 parts per million of tin and, if kept for some time before using, the
quantity of tin would have exceeded the legal 250 parts per million. It is regretted that not all fruit canners yet
use lacquered cans which would obviate this trouble.
Some Moong beans contained a number of foreign seeds, all from leguminous plants but not proper moong
beans.
The Howard mould counts on samples of tomato puree and canned tomatoes were 56 and 52 per cent
respectively whereas this should not be more than 40 per cent on tomato puree and 20 per cent on canned
tomatoes.
A sample of rice was reported as inferior because it contained small particles of dirt which would probably
be removed if the rice was washed, but which looked objectionable, and some cloves were of poor quality and
contained 4 per cent of stalks so that they were reported as inferior.
Two samples of Devon custard were stated to be prepared from "Fresh milk, sugar, edible starch,
flavouring, colouring" whereas they had been prepared with a mixture of whole milk and separated milk.
Similarly a sample of milk chocolate sandwich biscuits were coated with chocolate made with skimmed milk
powder.
Two samples, submitted as "Cocoa Beans", were identified as a variety of the common bean, Phaseolus
communis, but this particular variety is sometimes known as the "Coco", not "Cocoa" bean.
An ingredient of Hamburgers with onion and gravy was described as "soya isolate" which must be properly
described.
Two samples of canned hot dog sausages were not of the size expected of a hot dog sausage, and should have
been described as chipolatas or cocktail sausages, while a product labelled "Meatballs with Spaghetti and
Tomato Sauce" was satisfactory, but should have been labelled "Meat Balls in Tomato Sauce with Spaghetti".
The label of a Beef Curry with Rice was misleading as the rice was missing and the word "with" should be
replaced by "for".
Two cans of mackerel were stated to be in "Natural Oil" instead of "in natural juice", as there was more
watery fish liquor than oil present.
The words "Irish Moss" on a health drink were in letters six times the height of "Health Drink", as though
the product was really Irish Moss.
Three samples of sterilised cream were not properly labelled as "sterilised Cream".
A product described as "Won I on Soup" consisted fundamentally of a type of pasta, and no soup was
present, while another was described as chicken stock, but consisted essentially of salt, sodium glutamate and
hydrolysed vegetable protein.
The principal ingredient of a main course soup was chicken stock, but "Chicken stock" can mean anything
or nothing, and an oxtail soup stated to be made with "good meaty oxtail, beef, red wine, onions and spices"
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