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Four bun loaves were considered to be deficient in fruit. They
contained respectively 6.1%, 6.4%, 6.7% and 6.0% of fruit. Two other
bun loaves contained a satisfactory amount of fruit, but a stone was
found in each loaf and the fruit had been improperly cleaned.
A sample sold as flour was incorrectly labelled as it was in fact
self-raising flour and must be sold as such.
Some steak mince contained 1230 parts per million of sulphur
dioxide and, therefore, contravened the provisions of the Preservatives,
etc., in Food Regulations. A veal cutlet contained 93 per cent of
meat, 6 per cent filler and 1 per cent water, the meat being minced,
whereas a cutlet should be a cutlet of meat and not a pinced product.
The lid from a can of corned beef was examined and from a pinhole
puncture in the can lid it appeared to have been punctured after
manufacture and resealed. Some chicken and ham paste was submitted as
a complaint because it contained a dark mass. This consisted of a
sugar coated ferrous sulphate tablet, and the tablet appeared to have
gained access after the jar of paste had been opened.
The presence of onion was declared on the label of some rollmop
herrings with vegetables but no mention was made of the gherkin,chillie
or other spices present. Rollmop herrings, when prepared, are not
exampt from disclosure of their ingredients under the Labelling of Pood
Order.
Four samples of non-liquid soup were considered to be incorrectly
labelled and, in the opinion of our analysts, should have been
described as "Appetizer Soup". The made-up soup had only half
the nutritive value of canned soup.
Three samples of pure lemon juice were examined and all were
fermenting.
A blackcurrant vitamin C. syrup contained only 10 per cent of
blackcurrant juice, and this quantity was considered to be insufficient
to describe the product as a blackcurrant vitamin C. syrup. A
blackcurrant health drink appeared to be correctly prepared, but it
possessed a grey colour and was probably old stock. A grape and
blackcurrant drink contained artificial flavour not disclosed on the
label and therefore contravened the Labelling of Food Order.
An ice fruit lolly was incorrectly labelled as containing
"stabilizer" as an ingredient. A stabilizer must be declared by its
correct scientific or other name.
An orange spread was reported as inferior because it had an insipid
and uninteresting flavour. A sample of prunes was reported as inferior
because the 51 grams submitted contained a live maggot and an
appreciable quantity of insect excrement. A sample of glace cherries
were found to be fermenting. They contained 0.8 per cent alcohol
and masses of viable yeasts. Two samples of mincemeat contravened the
Pood Standards Preserves Order, 1953. They each contained 2.20 per
cent of fat, whereas the Order requires 2.5 parts of fat.
A sample of ground almonds smelled and tasted very rancid,
although it did not respond to known chemical tests for rancidity. It
was thought that the mixture probably contained debittered almonds
which had been heated, some of the oil being polymerised during the