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(6) Informal samples.—These are taken without compliance with the strict formalities of the
Food and Drugs Act and serve to show the conditions obtaining without disclosing to the vendor
the fact that samples are being taken for analysis. Particulars of informal samples collected are
as follow:—
Nature of Sample.
Number
Taken.
Number
Adulterated.
Brawn 11 2
Butter 26 1
Cakeoma 1 ...
Cheese 13...
Chocolate Powder 1 ...
Cocoa 1...
Coffee 4 ...
Coffee and Chicory 1 ...
Coffee and Chicory Essence 1 ...
Condensed Full Cream Sweetened Milk 1 ...
Condensed Skimmed Sweetened Milk 3 ...
Condensed Full Cream Unsweetened Milk 5 ...
Condensed Tomato 2 2
Cornflour 2 ...
Cream 31
Custard Powder 10 ...
Dried Full Cream Milk 2 ...
Dried Milk 6 ...
Fish Paste 1 ...
Flour 3...
Hot Milk 1 ...
Lard 8...
Lemonade Powder 2 ...
Lemon Curd and Cheese 5 2
Lemon Squash 1 1
Margarine 19 1
Marmite 1...
Meat Paste 5 ...
Milk 90 4
Milk of Sulphur 1 ...
Mustard 2 ...
Mustard Mixture 1 ...
Olive Od 2 ...
Pepper 4...
Potted Meat 6 ...
Potted Shrimp 1 ...
Prescriptions 32
Preserved Cream 2 ...
Salad Oil 1 ...
Sausages 1810
Self Raising Flour 1 ...
Soft Cheese 4 ...
Sponge Cakes 18 3
Sweets 1 ...
Tomato Sauce 1 1
Whisky 21
Total 297 31
No legal proceedings can be taken in respect of an informal sample, but, when adulteration is
discovered, formal samples are obtained immediately and necessary action taken.