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(b) Informal samples.—These are taken without compliance with the strict formalities of the
Food and Drugs Act and serve to show the conditions obtaining without disclosing to the vendor
the fact that samples are being taken for analysis. Particulars of informal samples collected are
as follows:—
Nature of Sample.
Number
Taken.
Number
Adulterated.
Milk
105
4
Butter
26
• • •
Margarine
15
• • •
Fish Paste
8
. . .
Sweets
1
• • •
Meat Paste
10
1
Tincture of Iodine
6
• • •
Dried Milk
14
• • •
Magnesia
5
2
Rum
2
...
Gin
4
2
Rice
1
• • •
Vinegar
7
1
Sausages
3
• • •
Brawn
3
2
Cornflour
6
...
Black Pepper
1
• • •
Tartaric Acid
1
...
Cyder
1
• • •
Cayenne Pepper
1
• • •
Flour
4
...
Coffee
2
• • •
Boric Acid Ointment
3
• • •
Mustard Mixture
5
...
Mustard
3
...
British Wine
3
2
Lime Juice
2
...
Shredded Beef Suet
1
• • •
Concentrated Ginger Wine
1
• • •
Corned Beef
1
...
Total
240
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No legal proceedings can be taken in respect of an informal sample, but, when adulteration is
discovered, formal samples are obtained immediately and necessary action taken.
In the fourteen samples of dried milk the percentage of milk fat present varied from 24.6 to 28.5
Summary of the Results of Analysis of the 47 Adulterated Formal and Informal Samples,
together with a record of the action taken by the Council.
Article Analysed.
Nature and Amount of Adulteration.
Action taken.
Brawn
12.145 grains of Boric Acid per
pound
Vendor cautioned
Brawn
10.857 grains Boric Acid per
pound
Informal sample
Brawn
9.604 grains Boric Acid per
pound
Informal sample
Brawn
6.069 grains Boric Acid per
pound
Vendor cautioned
British Wine
0.875 grains of Salicylic Acid
per pint
Informal sample
British Wine
0.70 grains of Salicylic Acid per
pint
Informal sample
Calomel Ointment
42 per cent. required Calomel
deficient
Vendor cautioned
Fish Paste
13.636 grains Boric Acid per
pound
Vendor cautioned