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PUBLIC HEALTH (PRESERVATIVES, &c., IN
FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925 to 1927.
4 formal and 7 informal samples taken under
these Regulations were found to contain preservatives,
to wit, sulphur dioxide, in parts per million, as follow :
Minced Meat 32
„ 297
„ 551
„ 1275
„ 2145
„ 2500
Sausages 70
Table Jelly 40
„ 47
Sweets (Clear Mints) 165
Chopped Peel 165
PUBLIC HEALTH (CONDENSED MILK)
REGULATIONS, 1923.
Four informal samples of condensed milk were
taken, and were found to comply with the Regulations.
PUBLIC HEALTH (DRIED MILK)
REGULATIONS, 1923.
No samples of dried milk were taken during the
year.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF
FOOD.
During the year 18 bacteriological examinations of
milk, 15 of other food and 1 of water were made as
follows:—
Ordinary Milk, 2;
Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) Milk, 3;
Grade A, 1;
Pasteurised Milk, 12;
Tinned Pilchards, Ice Cream, Milk Powder,
Cornflour, Meat Extract, 1 each;
Butter, 10;
Water, 1.