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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Camberwell 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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PARTICULARS OF ADULTERATED SAMPLES
| Serial No. | Article | Whether Formal or Informal | Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity | Observations | Result of Proceedings or other action taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | Bread | Informal | Contaminated with mouldy dough | As this loaf was baked at premises situated outside Camberwell, appropriate action was taken by the local Medical Officer of Health. | – |
| 96 | Canned Corned Beef | Informal | Lead – 8 parts per million | – | (The Ministry of Health informed (the Medical Officer of Health (that draft regulations were (proposing that the limit of (lead allowed to be present in (canned meat be raised to 10 (parts per million for an interim (period of two years. In the (circumstances therefore no (action was taken excepting that (in the case of Informal Samples (No.119 and No. 122, (taken from (bulk supplies) it was suggested (that this meat should not be (sold by retail but sent direct (to a meat paste manufacturers. |
| 103 | Canned Corned Eeef | Formal | Lead – 6 parts pers million | ||
| 104 | Canned Corned Beef | Formal | Lead- 10 parts per million | ||
| 119 | Canned Corned Beef | Informal | Lead – 6.4 parts per million | ||
| 122 | Canned Corned Beef | Informal | Lead – 5.5 parts per million | ||
| 127 | Evaporated separated milk with vegetable fat. | Informal | Incorrectly labelled | Sample taken before Regulations became operative on 19th Sept. 1961. | Manufacturers agreed to introduce an entirely new label which would conform to the Regulations. |
| 368 | Bread | Informal | Contained insect fragments | Fragments probably part of a small beetle. | Attention of baker drawn to matter. |