[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough] page 52

Deptford 1962

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

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Table: TABLE VIIAction Taken in Respect of Food and Drug Irregularities

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TABLE VIIAction Taken in Respect of Food and Drug Irregularities

Serial Number	Article	Formal Informal Private	Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity	Observation
362	Dried Apricots	Informal	Contained sulphur dioxide: 2,150 parts per-million.	Warned vendor.
172	Milk	Informal	Contained fat 3.5 per cent., Solids-not-fat 8-32 per cent., corresponding to the presence of two per cent of added water.	Wrote to Dairy Company. Further samples satisfactory.
459	Minced Beef	Informal	Contained sulphur dioxide: 80 parts per million.	Warning letter sent. Further samples to be taken.
252	Parboiled Rice	Informal	Contained a large number of insect carcases and fragments.	Wrote to packers. No similarly affected rice on sale.
261	Quinine Tonic Water	Informal	The proportion of quinine, ⅓ grain per pint, was 33 per cent defi-cient.	Taken up with wholesalers.
220	Salmon and Shrimp Fish Paste	Informal	The paste contained a number of small black blood clots, the presence of which was considered objectionable.	Purchaser informed that "black objects" were not mouse droppings as suspected. No further action deemed necessary.
219	Sausage Roll	Informal	The specimen of sausage roll included three pieces of cotton thread from 1½ to 2 inches long.	Purchaser taking private action for damages.
101	Stuffed Pork Roll	Informal	No statement of ingredients appeared on the label as required by the Labelling of Food Order.	No action thought neces-sary. Packed in Self-Service store cellophane pack.
15	Table Salt	Informal	Contained Magnesium carbonate 0.6 per cent.	Wrote to Manufacturer.