Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1957
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No. | Date purchased | Sample | Infringement | Remarks |
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895 | 28.8.57 | Gravy Salt | Ingredients not mentioned on label | Letter to manufacturer |
936 | 9.9.57 | Dried Mint | Contained earth and grit amounting to 1.31% | ” ” |
951 | 17.9.57 | Cream of Asparagus Soup (Powder) | Soup made from this powder would contain only 1.02% fat instead of not less than 3.5% | ” ” |
954 | 18.9.57 | Shredded Suet | Contained 81.2% beef fat instead of not less than 83% | ” ” |
972 | 23.9.57 | Stewed Steak (Canned) | Contained only 60% meat | ” ” |
990 | 25.9.57 | Meat Pie | Contained 15% meat instead of not less than 20% | ” ” |
11 | 3.10.57 | Zinc and Castor Oil Cream | Contained 8.5% Zinc Oxide instead of not more than 8% | ” ” |
21 | 8.10.57 | Glucose Tablets | Incorrectly labelled | ” ” |
24 | 9.10.57 | Beef Sausages | Contained 45% meat instead of not less than 50% | ” ” |
55 | 21.10.57 | Beef Steak with Gravy | Contained 65% meat instead of not less than 75% | No action |
60 | 22.10.57 | Beef with Gravy | Contained 65% meat instead of not less than 75% | ” ” |
70 | 28.10.57 | Savoury Stuffing | Ingredients not mentioned on label | Letter to manufacturer |
92 | 6.11.57 | Minced Meat Loaf | Contained 550 parts per million of nitrates, presence of which was not declared on label | Letter to importer |
145 | 22.11.57 | Piping Jelly | Wrongly labelled in that hydrolised starch syrup was described as glucose | Letter to manufacturer |
198 | 9.12.57 | Cake Icing | Wrongly labelled in that hydrolised starch syrup was described as glucose. | ” ” |
203 | 10.12.57 | Pork Sausages | Contained 57% meat instead of not less than 65% | ” ” |
212 | 12.12.57 | Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce with Cheese | Contained 380 parts per million of tin instead of not more than 250 parts per million | Remainder of stock destroyed |
252 | 30.12.57 | Children's Aspirin | Contained an excess of aspirin amounting to 114.4% of the amount stated. | Letter to manufacturer |