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(b) Informal samples.—These are taken without compliance with the strict formalities of the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 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.
Apples 5 3
Brawn 4 ...
Butter 23...
Cakes, Sponge 7 ...
„ Other 2 ...
Cocoa 2 ...
Cornflour 1 ...
Cream 6 ...
„ Preserved 4 4
Dripping 2...
Flour 3 ...
Honey 4 ...
Jam, Plum 3 ...
Lard 3 ...
Lemon Curd or Cheese 5 3
Margarine 5 ...
Meat Preparations 2 ...
Milk 148 5
„ Condensed, Machine Skimmed 2 ...
„ Evaporated 6 ...
Paste, Fish 8 ...
„ Meat 1 ...
Peas, Preserved 4 ...
Pickles 3 ...
Powder, Baking 1 ...
„ Custard 1 ...
Prawns 3 ...
Rice 3 ...
Sago 3 ...
Sausages 14 3
Semolina 3 ...
Shrimps 1 ...
Tapioca 3 ...
Tea 3 ...
Tomatoes, Canned 1 1
Vinegar 12 ...
Drugs—
Cream of Tartar 2 ...
Ginger, Ground 3 ...
Magnesia, Citrate of 1 ...
Total 307 19
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.
Summary of the Results of Analysis of the 60 Adulterated Formal and Informal Samples,
together with a record of the action taken by the Council.
Article Analysed.
Nature and Amount of Adulteration.
Action taken
Apples
0.0049 grains of arsenious oxide
per pound
No action
Apples
0.014 grains of arsenious oxide
per pound
No action
Apples
0.0077 grains of arsenious oxide
per pound
Informal sample
Apples
0.007 grains of arsenious oxide
per pound
Informal sample
Vendor cautioned
Brawn
8.1 grains of boric acid per pound