[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough] page 48

Deptford 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]

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Table: TABLE VII Action Taken in Respect of Food and Drug Irregularities

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TABLE VII Action Taken in Respect of Food and Drug Irregularities

Serial Number	Article	Formal Informal Private	Nature of Adulteration or irregularity	Observations
68	Colouring Matter: Cochineal	Informal	Contained Glycerin, 25%, the presence of which was not disclosed on the label.	Letter to manufacturer.
13	Dried Pears	Informal	Unfit. The sample had been attacked by insects and was contaminated by their droppings and webbing. It was also excessively dusty.	Taken up with shopkeeper. Unable to buy any more.
116	Dates	Informal	Inferior quality. A third of the dates had been attacked by insects and contaminated by their droppings.	Taken off sale. Taken up with wholesaler.
29	Slice of Bread	Informal	Contained a small black foreign body, which was found to consist of a mixture of charred flour and finely divided particles of iron, saturated with oil. (No evidence of rodent contamination.)	Taken up with bakers.
159	Coloured sweetened Coconut	Informal	Coloured with Erythrosine and not vegetable colouring matter, as stated on the label.	Taken up with Importer.
205	Sausage Rolls	Informal	Contained:— Filling (containing 28% of meat) 18%, Pastry 82%. Sausages ordinarily contain at least 50% of meat. The proportion of meat in the sample amounted to only l/10th ounce per roll, and was considered seriously deficient.	Taken up with Baker.
298	Chocolate Swiss Roll	Informal	Contained cocoa matter, expressed as dry-fat free cocoa matter, 1.1 %. Chocolate Swiss Roll should contain at least 3% of cocoa matter, expressed as dry fat-free cocoa matter.	Letter to proprietor of baking factory.
346	Formamint Tablets	Informal	Contained Formaldehyde:— 0.005 gramme per tablet. According to the British Pharmaceutical Codex, Formamint Tablets should contain Formaldehyde: from 0.007 to 0.0107 gramme per tablet.	Taken up with Chemist.