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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
Battersea 1926
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1926
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| Food. | Preservative. | Parts per Million. |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sausages and sausage meat containing raw meat, cereals and condiments | Sulphur Dioxide | 450 |
| 2. Fruit and fruit pulp, not dried, for conversion into jam or crystallized glace or cured fruit as defined in items 6 and 7:— | ||
| (a) Cherries | Do. | 3,000 |
| (b) Strawberries and raspberries | Do. | 2,000 |
| (c) Other fruit | Do. | 1,500 |
| 3. Dried fruit- | ||
| (a) Apricots, peaches, nectarines, apples and pears | Do. | 2,000 |
| (b) Raisins and sultanas | Do. | 750 |
| 4. Unfermented grape juice and non-alcoholic wine made from such grape juice if labelled in accordance with the rules Contained in the Second Schedule to these Regulations | Benzoic Acid. | 2,000 |
| 5. Other non-alcoholicw ines, cordials and fruit juices, sweetened or unsweetened | Either Sulphur | 350 |
| Dioxide or Benzoic Acid | 600 | |
| 6. Jam (including marmalade and fruit jelly prepared in the way in which jam is prepared) | Sulphur Dioxide | 40 |
| 7. Crystallized glace or cured fruit (including candied peel) | Do. | 100 |
| 7a. Fruit and fruit pulp not otherwise specified in this schedule | Do. | 350 |
| 8. Sugar (including solid glucose) | Do. | 70 |
| 9. Corn syrup (liquid glucose) | Do. | 450 |
| 10. Gelatine | Do. | 1.000 |
| 11. Beer | Do. | 70 |
| 12. Cider | Do. | 200 |
| 13. Alcoholic wines | Do. | 450 |
| 14. Sweetened mineral waters | Either Sulphur | 70 |
| Dioxide or Benzoic Acid | 120 | |
| 15. Brewed ginger beer | Benzoic Acid | 120 |
| 16. Coffee extract | Do. | 450 |
| 17. Pickles and sauces made from fruit or vegetables | Do. | 250 |
The presence of these added preservatives, in the prescribed
quantities in sausages, sausage meat, coffee extract, pickles, sauces,
and (where the proportion of benzoic acid exceeds 600 parts per
million) in grape juice, and wine, must be declared in a printed
label of the prescribed pattern, affixed to the container.
If any dealer sells a preservative for use by traders the product
must bear a label with a printed declaration in the prescribed form.
Colouring Matter and Thickening Substances.
From 1st January, 1927, no person shall manufacture for sale,
or sell any article of food which contains any of the following
matter:—