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Adulteration.
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
Samples of food and drugs, for chemical analysis, are collected
by Mr. Dewey, the Inspector appointed to act as Sampling Officer,
under this Act.
During the year under review, 1,032 samples of food and drugs
were submitted for analysis to this Council's Public Analyst, Mr.
Martin Priest, F.1.C., at his laboratory, 4, Obelisk Parade,
Lewisham.
Of these samples, 91 were purchased without disclosing to the
vendors the fact that they were taken for the purpose of analysis,
and are known as informal samples.
The formal and informal samples so submitted, together with
the number found to be adulterated, are set out in Table "A."
The articles reported against; the nature of the adulteration,
or irregularity, and proceedings, or other action taken (by direction
of the Public Health Committee) are set out in Table "B."
These tables are in the form suggested by the Ministry of
Health Memorandum No. 36, dated January, 1929, on procedure
under the Pood and Drugs Act.
Following the practice adopted in past years, cards were
sent to the vendors of all samples that were reported as genuine.
The cards so sent numbered 619.