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in the press to the effect that the public was
becoming too particular. Cheese of the type submitted
could be used in restaurants for cooked.
dishes or in factories for blended cheese, but when
goods are rationed the public may be expected to
demand food of a certain standard.
A sample of tinned Salmon, submitted to your
analyst, had been opened by a householder,and taken
to the Public Health Department with a complaint.
Owing to the lapse of time the fish was bad on receipt
at the laboratory, but an unopened tin obtained
from the same shop contained a perfectly sound
article.
Horseradish cream and Horseradish and beetroot
cream were condemned because they contained
insufficient vinegar to keep them properly, with the
result that they were fermenting.
Forcemeat sold as requiring the addition of water
only consisted of breadcrumbs with the addition of
a small amount of salt, pepper and herbs and, when
prepared according to the directions, yielded an
unsavoury paste.
Two samples of Salad Dressing powder were condemned
because your analyst was of the opinion that the
label was misleading. Two sets of instruction were
given on the label, one for the use of all the
contents of the tin at one time and these were
satisfactory, but when only a portion of the contents
were to be employed the recipe was unsatisfactory.
The manufacturers submitted a sample of dressing
stated to be prepared from the powder, but there was
no proof of the method by which it had been made.
A cample of mustard powder contained 70 per cent.
of wheat flour whilst one of Madras Curry Powder was
found to contain 15.per cent. of pea flour and 10 per
cent. of salt. Some curry powders do contain salt,
although this is really added as a diluent to the
more expensive spices, but the addition of pea flour
as well is quite unjustified.
Two samples of Non-brewed vinegar were deficient
in acetic acid.
Drugs were on the whole satisfactory. One sample
of Glauber salts was effloresced owing to improper
packing and storage, whilst a nerve tonic possessed
a distinctly metallic taste, making it disagreeable