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exceptions to these general limits are suggested and in certain cases,
such as food colours and solid pectin, the quantities rise to 20 and 50 parts
per million respectively.
The Food Standards Committee issued a Report suggesting that ready-todrink
beverages should not contain more than 5 parts per million of zinc
and that other foods should not contain more than 50 parts per million, but
that these limits should be exercised with discretion if it could be proved
that the presence of the zinc is a natural occurrence.
Although the Minister of Food has stated more than once in Parliament
that he does not wish to fix a standard for the meat content of sausages,
the Ministry issued a Circular showing the average meat content of pork
sausages is greater than 65 per cent and of beef sausages greater than 50
per cent.
The Ministry issued a Circular drawing the attention, of Looal Authorities
to the use by certain exporters in other countries of thiourea as a fungicide
to prevent deterioration in citrus fruits and that this was a contravention
of the Public Health (Preservatives etc. in Food) Regulations.
The Ministry issued a Circular which stated that cream soups should
contain either not less than 2½ cent of butter fat, or not less than l½
per cent of butter fat and not less than 3 per cent of total edible fat, or
not less than 3½ per cent of edible fat.
I have the honour to be, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
THOMS McLCHIAN, A.C.G.F.C., F.R.I.C.,
Public Analyst.