[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell. page 66

Camberwell 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Serial No.	Article	Whether Formal or Informal	Nature of Adulteration or irregularity	Observations	Result of proceedings or other action taken
227 (contd)					Australia and therefore outside the jurisdiction of the Court, the case was withdrawn. The wholesalers withdrew drew all unused stocks of this commodity from sale.
253	Milk	Formal	Bottle contaminated with mould	–	Reported to Public Health Committee Cautionary letter sent to Dairy Company.
255	Milk	Formal	ditto	–	ditto
285	Canned black berries in syrup	Informal	Lead – 5.5 parts per million	See Formal Sample No. 227	–
325	Instant coffee	Informal	Contained 240 parts per million sulphur dioxide	Information was received that the presence of sulphur dioxide was due to the fuel oil used in drying the coffee and that the use of such fuel oil had been discontinued. A formal sample was subsequently procured and found to be free from preservative and to be genuine 'Instant Coffee'.	Reported to Public Health Committee Cautionary letter sent to retailer.
360	Non-brewed condiment	Formal	17.5 per cent deficient in acetic acid	–	Formal sample subsequently taken and found to be genuine.
411	Instant coffee	Informal	Incorrectly labelled	–	Reported to Public Health Committee Cautionary letter sent to retailer/ wholesaler. Label amended to the satisfaction of the Council.