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Date
purchased
Sample
Infringement
Remarks
No.
20.4.50
Channel
Islands Milk
Milk Fat 3.9%
Letter to Ministry of Food
Milk Division
106
10.5.50
Pasteurised
Milk
Milk Fat 2.87%
Warning letter to supplier
233
259
17.5.50
Unrationed
Jelly Cube
Sweets
Contained 0.8 parts
per million of
Arsenic which is
9.5 parts per million
calculated on
the Gelatine
Samples taken from Gelatine
manufacturers found satisfactory
17.5.50
Sardines
(Ministry of
Food)
Contained 10 parts
per million of lead
Letter to Ministry of Food
263
274
22.5.50
Channel
Islands Milk
Milk Fat 2.86%
Letter to wholesaler and
Ministry of Food Milk Division
311
26.5.50
Tomato Sauce
2% Tomato Solids
instead of 6%
No action. Order not in
force
374
6.6.50
Fever Mixture
Contained 1.53% of
Nitric Acid B.P.
Correspondence with manufacturer
656
3.8.50
Compound
Pepper
Condiment
Contained no pepper
Was a pepper
flavoured compound
Letter to manufacturer
849
21.9.50
Mixed Spice
Contained 18 parts
per million of lead
Letter to manufacturer.
895
4.10.50
Mixed Spice
Contained 18 parts
per million of lead
Letter to supplier
972
17.10.50
Dripping
2.3% Free Fatty
Acid
Letter to manufacturer
16.11.50
Dripping
3.0% Free Fatty
Acid
Letter to manufacturer
108
133
21.11.50
Vinegar
Was a non-brewed
condiment
Verbal warning
135
21.11.50
Tomato
Ketchup
Contained 75 parts
per million of copper
Letter to retailer. Manufacturer
closed down
150
27.11.50
Desert
Gelatine
Contained 3 parts
per million of
arsenic
Letter to manufacturer
27.11.50
Vinegar
Was a non-brewed
condiment
Verbal warning
156
286
18.12.50
Pork Sausages
Total meat 58% instead
of 65%
Letter to manufacturer
322
28.12.50
Dried Parsley
Had a damp musty
smell and was infested
with living
mites, maggots and
small dead beetles
Letter to retailer who had
only just taken over business
when sample was taken. No
further stock
333
29.12.50
Vanilla
Flavouring
Contained an almost
negligible amount
of vanilla flavouring
and an excessive
quantity of
dark brown
colouring matter
Letter to wholesaler. Old
stock