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other food, the description must be that of the oil, i.e. rapeseed oil.
As it was not so labelled it contravened the Labelling of Food Order,,
As, however, only a small quantity of the oil had been imported and had
proved an unsatisfactory line. the importer was taking no further supplies.
The retailer agreed to remove from sale the remainder of his stock.
A sample of mayonnaise sauce was considered to be incorrectly
labelled as it contained more acid than should be present in a
mayonnaise sauce. After discussion the manufacturers agreed to amend
their label.
The label of a tomato sauce listed the ingredients used in the wrong
order,, The labelling of Food Order requires ingredients present in the
largest quantity to be named first, and tomato puree was present in much
larger quantity than butter fat, of which there was only a minute
quantity.
A can of granadillas contained a large number of completely inedible
seeds, and was therefore reported as inferior. Granadilla fruit is in
some ways similar to Pomegranates, and nobody in this country would wish
to drink pomegranate juice full of its seeds. The packers claimed that
the seeds were edible and were an integral part of the fruit and had been
found to be acceptable to those who know this tropical fruit. They wrote
that if they heard of any criticisms in England they would have to consider
a special pack for the British housewife, but they did not consider this
possible.
A sample submitted as canned gooseberries consisted of cape gooseberries.
The label of the can was ambiguous as it described the fruit on one panel as
"Standard Golden Berries" and on another as "Finest South African Selected
Gooseberries". The packers agreed to amend the label to "Cape Gooseberries".
Some fresh lemon juice was found to contain only 6.0 milligrammes per
100 millilitres of ascorbic acid, whereas fresh lemons normally contain about
40 milligrammes of ascorbic acid per 100 millilitres. The best canned or
bottled lemon juice usually contains between half and the full quantity of
ascorbic acid.
Two samples of drinking chocolate powder bore identical labels except
that one bore the disclosure "Pure Cocoas and Sugar" and the other "Sugar
and Pure Cocoas". One sample contained 57 per cent and the other 71 per
cent of castor sugar. When made up according to the directions the drinks
were insipid, The quantities of sugar were excessive and the sugar in
drinking chocolate should, moreover, be icing sugar and not castor sugar,
A home made lemon curd contained only 48.3 per cent of soluble solids
whereas the Food Standards (Preserves) Order requires this figure to be not
less than 65 per cent. The curd had crystallised where it had come into
contact with the cellophane cover and the product was generally unsatisfactory.
This was a typical case where it is unwise to try to manufacture in a home