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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 and Chelsea 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Other Milk The following table shows the percentage of milk fat and non-fatty solids of the genuine samples of milk, other than Channel Islands and South Devon milks, taken during each month:-
| Month | Number of samples taken | Average Percentages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk Fats | Non-fat solids | ||
| January | 6 | 3.77 | 8.56 |
| February | 5 | 3.63 | 8.56 |
| March | 6 | 3.61 | 8.54 |
| April | 4 | 3.41 | 8.47 |
| May | 9 | 3.43 | 8.6l |
| June | 5 | 3.4l | 8.72 |
| July | 9 | 3.48 | 8.67 |
| August | 5 | 3.57 | 8.53 |
| September | 7 | 3.69 | 8.65 |
| October | 11 | 3.79 | 8.66 |
| November | 11 | 3.73 | 8.73 |
| December | 5 | 3.98 | 8.73 |
| Average for the whole year | 3.62 | 8.62 | |
| Legal minimum standard | 3.00 | 8.50 | |
Ice-cream
The Food Standards (ice-cream) Regulations, 1959. prescribe standards
for ice-cream and introduce separate standards for "dairy ice-cream" (or
"dairy cream ice" or "cream ice")
The Labelling of Food (Amendment) Regulations, 1959, prohibit the
labelling, marking or advertising of ice-cream in a manner suggestive of
butter, cream, milk or anything connected with the dairy interest unless
the ice-cream contains no fat other than milk (except such as may be
introduced by the use as an ingredient of any egg. flavouring substance or
emulsifying or stablising agent), but permit the presence of skimmed milk
solids to be declared. These Regulations also provide that it is an
offence to sell under the description "ice-cream" any pre-packed ice-cream
which contains fat other than milk fat, unless it bears on the wrapper or
container a declaration "Contains non-milk fat" or, if appropriate,
"Contains vegetable fat" in type of a prescribed minimum size.
The following table shows the number of samples of ice-cream taken during 1969 for chemical analysis compared with those taken in the previous year:-
| Number of samples | 1968 | 1969 |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 12 | |
| Variation of fat content per cent | 5.3 to 11.2 | 6.0 to 11.9 |
| Variation of non-fat content per cent | 21.O to 28.3 | 20.6 to 27.2 |
| Average fat content per cent | 8.3 | 9.24 |
| Average non-fat content per cent | 25.5 | 24.76 |