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FOOD AND DRUGS ANALYSIS
Food and Drugs Analysis
During the year, 480 samples were submitted under the Food and
Drugs Act, 1955, which came into operation in January, 1956. These
samples were also examined, where appropriate, under the various
Orders concerning Food Standards and Food Labelling made under the
Defence (Sale of Food) Regulations, 1943, and continued in operation
by virtue of Section 136 and the Twelfth Schedule of the new Act.
Prepacked drugs were also examined under the Pharmacy and Medicines
Act, 1941.
The Public Analyst, Dr. H. Amphlett Williams, Ph.D.(Lond.),
A.C.G.F.C., F.R.I.C., has submitted the following report on milk
sampling:—
"I have pleasure in furnishing the following particulars concerning
the composition of the milk samples submitted for analysis during the
year 1956.
"Thirty-eight samples of milk were submitted during the year, all of
which were taken informally. None were found to be " adulterated ",
and none of the samples fell below the minimum legal standard in
respect of either fat or solids-not-fat.
"The average composition of the samples analysed is shown in the
following Table, with the averages of previous years for comparison.

Having regard to the small number of milk samples analysed during
the year and the seasons during which they were submitted it is not felt
that any conclusion as to a quality trend would be justified from the
apparent increase in fat shown in the Table.