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Milk.
During the year under review 580 formal and three informal
samples were submitted for analysis. Of this number, 21 of the
formal samples failed to comply with requirements.
Eleven were reported against owing to the fat content being
below 3 per cent., and 10 to the presence of added water.
Of the former, 5 were sold intact in half-pint bottles sealed
with the usual cardboard disc, 4 from counter pans, 1 from a partly
filled quart bottle, and 1 from a partly filled pint bottle.
In connection with those containing added water, 7 were
sold in half-pint bottles, 1 from a churn, 1 from a hand can, and
1 from a partly filled pint bottle.
The method of adulteration employed in the last instance
was particularly obnoxious.
As the result of a complaint, observation was kept upon a
stable yard situated in this Borough. An employee of a large firm
engaged in the retail sale of pasteurised milk was seen to take a
quart bottle and fill it with water from a large tub standing in the
stable yard from which horses were watered.
The tub was old and slimy, the water being partly covered
with chaff, and at least one blood worm was seen therein.
A bottle of milk, nearly full, with the cardboard disc thereon
partly dislodged, and bearing the words " pasteurised milk, ' was
on the van.
This bottle of milk was purchased for analysis. During the
process of division, the roundsman stated that he had added water
from the tub to the contents of the bottle. The sample was found
to contain 38 per cent, of added water and gnat larvae was also
discovered in the milk.
Proceedings were taken and the roundsman was convicted. See
sample No. 570, Table "B."
Supervision of Milk Pasteurising Plants.
One premises in this Borough has been licensed for the
pasteurisation of milk, but at the time of the preparation of this
report the plant was not operating.
Meat and Other Foods.
The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1932,
requires the registration with the Borough Council of any premises
(other than premises used as a club, hotel, or restaurant) used or
proposed to be used for the preparation or manufacture of sausages,
potted, preserved pickled, or preserved meat, fish or other food
intended for sale, and premises used or proposed to be used for the
sale or the manufacture for the purpose of sale of ice cream or
other similar commodity or the storage of ice cream or other similar
commodity intended for sale.