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A Chicken Curry contained dark meat only with no intimation
to the customer that white meat was absent. The white meat of
poultry is always considered to be more delicate and it is richer
in protein than the dark meat. It is also more expensive if
purchased separately. The manufacturers eventually agreed to amend
the wording of the ingredients to indicate that boneless leg meat was
used.
Two samples of Meat Pies were submitted for examination owing
to complaints. They were mouldy and unfit for sale.
Samples of Salmon with Mayonnaise and Pink Shrimp Savoury were
not labelled in accordance with the requirements of the Labelling of
Food Order. The ingredients were listed in five separate panels on
this label and not in their order of precedence. The manufacturers
had already promised to amend these labels, and it was found that they
were the last of an old stock being used and that new ones were to be
delivered in January, 1959.
The year 1958 probably witnessed less fresh legislation for food
and drug administration than any year since the outbreak of the 1939
war.
The Public Health (Preservatives etc. in Food) Regulations.
The most important changes affected the Preservatives Regulation.
The Public Health (Preservatives etc. in Food) (Amendment) Regulations,
1958, and The Public Health (Preservatives etc. in Food) (Amendment No.
2) Regulations, 1958 permit the treatment of certain fruit with anti-mould
agents. Fruit has for long caused trouble owing to its perishable nature
and consequent attack by moulds between collection and consumption. With
greater dependence on foreign imports and with the food laws of other
countries permitting what are considered to be harmless quantities of
preservatives on the skins of fruits this country has been more or less
forced to cane into line. As a result the fruits named below may now
contain the following added preservativess-
Citrus fruits.
Diphenyl not more than 100 parts per million,
or
orthophenylphenol not more than 70 parts per million
or proportionate quantities of the
two together.
Orthophenylphenol in
Apples, Pears, and Pineapples not more than 10 parts per million,
Peaches not more than 20 parts per million,
Melons not more than 125 parts per million,
and foods made with any of these fruits may contain proportionate
New Legislation.