[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough] page 50

Deptford 1961

[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.
1	Instant Coffee	Informal	Consisted of a dried extract of coffee and contained Sulphur dioxide, 170 parts per million.	Taken up with wholesaler
7	Glace Cherries	Informal	Contained Sulphur dioxide, 70 parts per million, the presence of which was not disclosed on the label.	Taken up with wholesaler.
39	Saveloys	Informal	Contained Sulphur dioxide, 180 parts per million.	Taken up with maker.
50	Spirit of Sal Volatile, B.P.C.	Informal	The proportion of Ammonia (0-92%) was 17 per cent deficient.	Taken up with manufacturing chemists.
46	Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine	Informal	The proportion of Ammonia (0-55%) was 35 per cent deficient.	Taken up with vendor.
120	Pork Luncheon Meat	Informal	Contained Meat, 70 per cent.	Taken up with vendor.
293	Rum Truffles	Informal	Contained no rum.	Obtained formal sample.
256	Currants	Informal	The sample had been attacked by insects and contained 12 live larvae of a species of Ephestia.	Taken from sale already by manager.
283	Glycerine, Honey, and Oil of Lemon	Informal	Contained Glycerine, only 1 per cent.	Wrote to manufacturer.
302	Ground Nutmeg	Informal	Contaminated by insects.	Wrote to packer.
334	Rum Truffles	Formal	Contained no alcohol.	Taken up with makers.
381	Strawberry Flavour Syrup	Informal	Contained Sulphur dioxide, 30 parts per million, and Benzoic acid, 440 parts per million.	Taken up with makers.
401	Glace Cherries	Informal	Contained Sulphur dioxide, 130 parts per million.	Taken up with packers.
367	Decolourised Tincture of lodine, B.P.C. 1934	Informal	The proportion of lodine (3-8%) was 32 per cent excessive.	Taken up with manufacturing chemists.
438	Ammoniated Quinine, B.P. 1932	Informal	The proportion of Quinine Sulphate (2.6%) was 30 per cent excessive and the proportion of Ammonia. (0-65%) 35 per cent deficient.	One remaining bottle taken from sale by manager from shop.
371	Rose Hip Syrup	Informal	The sample contained Sulphur dioxide, 220 parts per million, and artificial colouring matter, the presence of which was not disclosed on the label.	Taken up with manufacturing chemists.
340	Shredded Suet	Informal	Contained: Fat -82 per cent. Flour—18 per cent.	Taken up with packers.