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Flour and cereals 52 tins, 4 cwts. 2 qtrs. 1 st. 3½ lbs.
Sugar 2 qtrs. 1 st. 10 lbs.
Jams, syrups and preserves 506 tins
Pickles and sauces 287 jars and bottles
Paste (meat and fish) 75 tins
Patent foods and beverages 169 tins and jars
Sweets and chocolate ... 118 cases, 2 tins, 3 boxes, 4 cwts.
1 qtr. 4 lbs.
Puddings 15 tins
Soups 320 tins
Spaghetti 70 tins
Lemonade crystals ... 6 lbs.
Fourteen cases of the presence of foreign matter in food came
to light during the year. All were reported to the Health Committee,
on whose instructions legal proceedings were taken in seven cases.
In six of these, convictions were secured, fines totalling £24 being
imposed and £21 costs awarded to the Council. In the seventh,
the defendant was discharged absolutely under the Criminal
Justice Act, 1948, on payment of £5 5s. costs. The remaining
seven cases were dealt with by cautionary letters.
Food Poisoning.
During the year seven cases of food poisoning were notified.
All were isolated cases and of a minor nature, and call for no
special comment.
PROTECTION OF FOOD SUPPLY.
(B)—SAMPLING OF FOOD AND DRUGS.
The analysis of samples of food and drugs, procured under the
provisions of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, or informally (i.e.,
without following the procedure prescribed by the Act), and the
examination of samples of heat-treated milk and of ice-cream by the
prescribed tests, are carried out by the Public Analyst for the
Borough (J. E. Woodhead, Esq., B.SC., F.R.I.C., PH.c.) at his laboratory
at 325 Kennington Road, London, S.E.11.
The total number of formal samples taken under the Act during
1951 was 557, of which 6, or 1.1 per cent, were certified to be
adulterated. In addition, 643 informal samples were procured, of
which 12, or 1.9 per cent., were reported against.