Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1957 page 57

Bermondsey 1957

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1957

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No.	Date purchased	Sample	Infringement	Remarks
395	19.3.57	Plain Flour	Contained 108 mgms. creta preparata per 100 gms. instead of not less than 235 mgms.	Letter to manufacturer
399	20.3.57	Pork Sausages	Contained 58% meat instead of not less than 65%	” ”
462	4.4.57	Orange Drink	Unfit for human consumption owing to decomposition	Letter to manufacturer and remainder of stock destroyed
506	23.4.57	Pineapple Flavour	Found to contain preservatives	Letter to manufacturer
535	1.5.57	Apple and Strawberry Jam	Contained 3.3% strawberries instead of not less than 10%	” ”
540	6.5.57	Pork Sausages	Contained excess fat and 61.2% meat instead of not less than 65%.	” ”
577	14.5.57	Milk Chocolate Crackerjack	Milk solids in chocolate derived from skim milk instead of whole milk	” ”
589	20.5.57	Shortbread	Contained no butter	” ”
636	7.6.57	Homogenised Milk	Contained piece of metal foil	Letter to supplier
641	11.6.57	Cream of Mushroom Soup Powder	Soup made from this powder would contain only 0.81% fat instead of not less than 3.5%	Letter to manufacturer
690	24.6.57	Sausage Rolls	Contained 6.5% meat instead of not less than 15%	Prosecution:— Absolute Discharge with £8.8.0 costs
716	27.6.57	Pearl Barley	Infested with living mites	Remainder of stock destroyed
776	12.7.57	Puff Pastry	Contained 20.6% fat instead of not less than 25%	Letter to manufacturer
782	15.7.57	Milk Gums	Contained 4.2% whole milk solids instead of not less than 10%	” ”
839	1.8.57	Currants	Contained living maggot	Verbal warning to shopkeeper
845	6.8.57	Dried Mint	Contained earth and grit amounting to 2.68%	Letter to manufacturer
884	22.8.57	Meat Paste	Contained 53% meat instead of not less than 55%	” ”

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