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Adulterated Samples other than Milk.
The following action was taken in regard to the 11 samples
certified as adulterated : —
Formal Samples.
No. 134. Pork sausage, 7½ per cent, deficient in meat.-"
Cautionary letter.
No. 155. Beef dripping, acid value (4.5) excessive.—Cautionary
letter.
No. 161. Butter, excess of 1 per cent, water. —Cautionary
letter.
No. 163. Cokernut ice, containing dirt, dust and grit fibres.-'
Cautionary letter.
No. 207. Butter, excess of 1.5 per cent, water. —Cautionary
letter.
No. 282. Shredded suet, per cent, deficient in fat. —Caution*
ary letter.
Informal Samples.
No. 49. Curry powder, containing 20 parts per million ot
lead.—Cautionary letter, remainder of stock with*
drawn from sale.
No. 64. Lemonade crystals, containing 20 parts per milliC 1
of lead.—Cautionary letter.
No. 65. Table jelly, 4 per cent, deficient in sugar.—Lette f
from manufacturer as to the possible cause accepted'
No. 99. lodine, excess of 14 per cent, iodine and a deficiency
of 16 per cent, potassium iodide.-—Remainder
stock returned to manufacturer.
No. 258. Cheesecake, portions of a Silico-gel
Cautionary letter.
Bacteriological Examination of Food.
In addition to samples taken for chemical examination, samp le
of food were submitted for bacteriological examination. These were
all reported to be satisfactory.
Heat Treated Milk.
Samples of pasteurised and sterilised milk are taken at regular
intervals for submission to the Public Health Laboratory Service
the prescribed tests, and during the year samples as under were tak en
with the results set out: —
Phosphatase Methylene Blue
Satisfactory Failed Satisfactory Failed
Pasteurised ... 48 — 48
Turbidity
Satisfactory Failed
Sterilised ... 36
Monthly returns of the samples taken, and of the results of the
examinations, are sent to the Milk Division of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and they are at once notified
any adverse report.