[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough] page 51

Kensington 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: Sample Nature of Adulteration Remarks

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Sample Nature of Adulteration Remarks

Ground nutmeg	Contained insect fragments exceeding one-fifth of a millimetre in length, derived from small beetles and their larvae and pupae approximately 800 per ounce.	Particulars sent to manufacturers.
Double cream	Contained milk fat 46.4%. (Double cream should con-tain not less than 48% of milk fat.).	Warning sent to vendor.
Double cream	Contained milk fat 46.7%.	Warning sent to retailer.
Canned Cherries	Contained Iron 250 parts per million, tin 0.8 grain per pound. (The can was "blown" due to chemi-cal action on the tinplate and the cherries had an unpleasant metallic taste.)	Remainder of stock surrendered and destroyed.
Sage, dried	Consisted of Sage, 75% Foreign leaf (of a form consistent with that of a species of cistus) 25%.	Particulars sent to manufacturers who returned stocks to suppliers.
Ice Cream	Contained fat 4.0%. (Ice Cream should contain not less than 5% of fat.)	Warning given to vendor.
Lard	Consisted of edible fat, of a different character from that of lard.	No further action.
Milk	Contained fat 2.92%, solids-not-fat 8.65%, corresponding to the abstraction of 2% of the fat.	Warning sent to producer and particulars sent to County Milk Production Officer.
Milk	Contained fat 2.76%, solids-not-fat 8.58%, corresponding to the abstraction of 8% of the fat.	Ditto
Milk	Contained fat 2.58%, solids-not-fat 8.51%, corresponding to the abstraction of 14% of the fat.	Warning sent to producer and retailer. Particulars sent to Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Milk	Contained fat 2.66%, solids-not-fat 8.56%, corresponding to the abstraction of 11% of the fat.	Warning sent to producer and particulars sent to Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.