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food, and drugs were purchased, of which nineteen (3.3%) were either
adulterated or otherwise unsatisfactory. Pour hundred and seventeen
informal samples were also purchased, of which twenty-two (5.3%) were
either adulterated or otherwise unsatisfactory. The following table
summarises the action taken in respect of the defective samples:-
Unsatisfactory sample
No. of
prosecutions
No. of
warnings
to
Producers,
Manufacturers
or
Vendors
No further
action
Total
Milk 2 7 1 10
Pork sausages - 1 4 5
Beef sausages - 1 - 1
Tomato Juice (canned) - - 2 2
Tomato Paste - - 1 1
Creamed Tomato Soup - - 1 1
Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce - 1 - 1
Pilchards in Tomato Sauce - - 1 1
Meat Soup (canned) - 1 - 1
Cayenne Pepper - 1 - 1
Ground Black Pepper - - 1 1
Butter - 1 - 1
Margarine - 1 - 1
Cream Cheese - - 1 1
Sterilized Cream - - 1 1
Condensed Milk (Sweetened) - - 1 1
Blackcurrant Syrup - - 1 1
Blackcurrant Juice - - 1 1
Orange Colouring - - 1 1
Raspberry Colouring - - 1 1
Marzipan - - 2 2
Pickles - 2 - 2
Glace Cherries - 1 - 1
Rice Pudding (canned) - 1 - 1
Savoury Spread - - 1 1
TOTALS 2 18 21 ++ 41
++ In all cases the results of these
unsatisfactory samples were brought to the notice
of the producers, manufacturers, or vendors as the
case may be.
Ice Cream
The Food Standards (Ice Cream) Order, 1953, specifies a minimum
standard for ice cream of 3% fat, 10% sugar and 7½% milk solids other
than fat.
The following table shows the number of samples taken during
-957 for chemical analysis compared with the previous year:-