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The following is a summary of the results of analysis of the 38 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.
Cream Confectionery—
Cornish cream tarts
27 •28 per cent. of foreign fat in
cream portion.
No action.
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26 „ „ „
Informal sample.
Cream buns
20 " " "
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Cream doughnuts
28•8 „ „ „
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25•45 „ „ „
No action.
Cream gateau
40•76 „ „ „
Informal sample.
„ layer cake
31•61 „ „ „
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Cream sandwich
46•23 „ „ „
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38•3 „ „ „
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36•27 „ „ „
Proceedings. Fined £2 and £10
costs.
Cream square
29•3 „ „ „
Informal sample.
French cream sandwich
21•39 „ „ „
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Fruit and cream flans
36•6 „ „ „
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34•85 „ ,, „
No action.
Peach and cream tart
27•7 ,, „ „
Informal sample
Milk
6 per cent. of required fat deficient.
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6 „ „ „
Vendor cautioned.
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4 „ „ „
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2 „ „ „
Informal sample.
Tomato purée
5.2 grains of tin per lb.
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4.1 „ „
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3.5 „ „
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2.8 „ „
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2.4 „ „
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2.2 „ „
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1.5 „ „
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Rice
7 grains of extraneous mineral
matter per lb.
No action.
* Sausages
425 parts of sulphur dioxide per
million
Vendor cautioned.
*
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343 „ „ „
Informal sample.
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41 „ „ „
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* Sausage (breakfast)
137•3 „ „ „
No action.
Tomatoes, condensed
5•2 grains of tin per lb.
Informal sample.
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2•6 ,, ,,
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Tomatoes, tinned
1•7 „ „
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Vinegar
20 per cent. of required acetic
acid deficient.
Proceedings. Fined £1 and
10s. 6d. costs.
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17 „ „ „
Proceedings. Fined 10s. and
10s. 6d. costs.
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7 „ „ „
Informal sample.
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1 „ „ „
Vendor cautioned.
The total number of prosecutions under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act was three, the
fines and costs amounting to £14 11s. 0d.
Cream Confectionery.—During the year a number of samples of cream confectionery were
examined, and in 46 per cent, of these it was found that the filling was a substance other than cream.
Proceedings were taken in one case, where a cream sandwich contained a filling in which 84 percent.
of the fat was foreign fat (i.e., other than butter fat). A conviction was obtained and a penalty
imposed.
The public health committee, as a result of this conviction, decided that the trade should be
informed that proceedings would not be recommended in respect of cream confectionery sold under
a description which included the word "cream" if the filling contained no foreign fat and had the
composition of dairy cream to which not more than 25 per cent. of stabilising, sweetening, or flavouring
substances had been added, provided that such additions were not in contravention of any legal
requirement.