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Article Result of Analysis
Action taken or
recommended
Sausage Rolls
(No. 1752)
Contained total meat percentage of 12.8Public
Analyst of opinion meat percentage
should reach 20.
Letter to producer/
retailer. Earlier sample
(No. 1551) had meat
content of 15. 1%.
Sunny Spread
(No. 1756)
Satisfactory. but Public Analyst of
opinion wording on label liable to mislead.
Letter to producers who
agreed to amend.
Sausage Rolls
(Nos. 1764, 1765)
No. 1764-18.6% total meat.
No. 1765-17.7% total meat.
Public Analyst of opinion meat content
should be at least 20%
Further sample of No.
1764 to be obtained.
Letter to producer/
retailer of No. 1765.
Stewed Steak
(No, 1776)
Contained 59% total meat. Public Analyst
of opinion meat content should be not
less than 75%
Australian produce for
subsequent reference to
Senior Trade
Commissioner.
Mint Sauce
(No. 1777)
Sweetened with saccharin. Public Analyst
of opinion mint sauce must be sweetened
with sugar.
No action.
Glace Cherries
(No. 1781)
Contained 54 p. p.m. S.O2 undeclared.
S.O2 content must be declared.
Letter to producers.
Buttered Cheese
Spread (No. 1811)
Contained 30.1% fat equivalent to 20.6%
fat in original cheese a comparatively
low figure.
No action.
Pickled Red
Cabbage (No. 1814)
Acidity not high but contents insipid
soft and inferior.
Letter to producers.
Milk
(Nos. 1844, 1845,
1858, 1869, 1870)
No. 1844-Fat 3.49% Solids-not-fat 8.46%
No. 1845-Fat 3.39% Solids-not-fat 8.44%
No. 1858-Fat 3.34% Solids-not-fat 8.36%
No. 1870 Fat 3.36% Solids-not-fat 8.36%
Sale of Milk Regulations require Fat 3.0%
Solids not-fat 8.50%
With exception of Sample
No. 1858 these are re
curring slight deficien
cies from one producer.
Investigations taking
place at plant. Letter
to second producer concerned.
Minced Beef
(canned)
(No. 1766)
Labelled as "Minced Beef" without qualification.
Contains total meat 89% "Minced
Beef" without qualification means that it
contains no added water and should there
fore contain at least 95% meat.
Letter to producers.
Dried Apricots
(No. 1877)
Contained 2,600 p.p.m. sulphur dioxide.
Limit under Preservatives etc. in Food
Regulations is 2,000 p.p.m. Thorough
aeration before sale should evaporate
excess.
Letter to retailer.
Casserole Steak
(No. 1883)
Total meat 66% Public Analyst of opinion
meat content should be not less than 75%.
Australian produce. For
subsequent reference to
Senior Trade
Commissioner.
Sausage Rolls
(No. 1884)
Meat content 15.2% Public Analyst of
opinion meat content should be not less
than 20%
Letter to producer/
retailer.