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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Unsatisfactory sample | No. of Prosecutions | No. of warnings to Producers , Manufacturers or Vendors | No further action | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Pork Sausages | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Butter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Minced Beef | 1 | 3 | - | 4 |
| Minced Steak | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Herring Tidbits in wine sauce | 2 | 2 | ||
| Beef Sausages | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Orange drink | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Dried Apricots | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lemon Crush | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Ginger punch | 1 | 1 | ||
| Shredded beef suet | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cochineal colouring | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Sterilised cream | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Vienna Sausages | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sweet Pickle | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ground Nutmeg | - | 6 | 6 | |
| Chocolate milk | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Chocolate Blancmange Powder | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Washed currants | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dressed Crab | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Fillets of Herring | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 'Kep' sauce | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Chop sauce | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cider | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Aspic Jelly Powder | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS: | 4 | 32 | 12* | 48 |
* 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) Regulations, 1959, and the
Labelling of Pood (Amendment) Regulations, 1959, have been made
jointly by the Minister of Health and the Minister of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food. They came into operation on 27th April, 1959,
and repealed the previous Order of 1953.
The ice cream regulations prescribe amended standards for
ice cream and introduce separate standards for "dairy ice cream"
(or "dairy cream ice "or "cream ice"), and for "milk ice".
The legal Standards of Composition for ice cream are as
follows:-
(a) Ice cream shall contain not less than 5 Per cent,
fat and 7½ per cent, milk solids other than fat, so
however, that where ice cream contains any fruit, fruit
pulp or fruit puree it shall either conform to the above
standard or, alternatively, the total content of fat and
milk solids other than fat shall be not less than 12½