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Battersea 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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the year 417 inspections were carried out and 19 notices were served
to remedy defects found on inspection. These mainly referred to
dirty and unsuitable premises and other minor defects.
In addition to the above there are 74 persons registered in
respect of premises in which sterilised milk in sealed bottles only
is sold. 17 vendors whose licensed premised are without the borough
are registered as purveyors within Battersea, and 5 premises
used for the wholesale distribution of milk are registered by the
Council.
Preservatives in Food.
During the year an event of importance to those responsible
for the administration of the Food and Drugs Acts was the coming
into full operation of the Public Health (Preservatives, &c. in Food)
Regulations.
It is now clearly defined which articles of food may contain
certain specified preservatives and in addition the colouring matters,
which may not be added to articles of food are set out.
The first Schedule of the Regulations reads as follows :—
Part I.—Articles of Food which may contain Preservative and
Nature and Proportion of Preservative in each case :—
The articles of food specified in the first column of the following table may contain the preservative specified in the second column in proportions not exceeding the number of parts (estimated by weight) per million specified in the third column:—
| Food. | Preservative. | Parts per Million. |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sausages and sausage meat contain-ing raw meat, cereals and condi-ments. | Sulphur dioxide | 450 |
| *2. Fruit and fruit pulp (not dried) for conversion into j am or crystal-lised glace or cured fruit as defined in items 6 and 7 : | ||
| Do. | 3,000 | |
| (6) Strawberries and raspberries | Do. | 2,000 |
| (c) Other fruit | Do. | 1,500 |
| 3. Dried fruit : | ||
| (a) Apricots, peaches, nectarines, apples and pears. | Do. | 2,000 |
| Do. | 750 | |
| 4. Unfermented grape juice and non-alcoholic wine made from such grape juice if labelled in ac-cordance with the rules contained in the Second Schedule to these Regulations. | Benzoic acid | 2,000 |
| 5. Other non-alcoholic wines, cordials and fruit juices, sweetened or un-sweetened . | Either Sulphur dioxide or Benzoic acid | 350 |
| 600 | ||
| *6. Jam (including marmalade and fruit jelly prepared in the way in which jam is prepared) | Sulphur dioxide | 40 |
| *7. Crystallised glace or cured fruit (including candied peel) | Do. | 100 |