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The manufacturers were informed and they requested that all
the jams be returned to them for remaking, so that the requirements
could be satisfied. This was agreed to and the Local Authority
for the district was notified.
This brand of jam has since been analysed and was found to
comply with the Regulations.
Informal Samples.— In addition to the samples purchased
officially in 1938, a number of samples were purchased without
the usual formalities required to comply with the terms of the Food
and Drugs Adulteration Act. These samples are known as informal
samples and are really "feelersto test the probity of the vendor
without exciting his suspicion. The results were:—
Name of Article.
Gen.
Adult.
Total.
Name of Article.
Gen.
Adult.
Total.
Anchovy Fillets 2 — 2 Mincemeat 4 — 4
Butter 5 — 5 Mustard, French 1 — 1
Cheese 1 — 1 Ointment, Boracic 2 — 2
Cherries, canned 1 — 1 Ointment, Sulphur 1 — 1
Cinnamon, ground 1 — 1 Ointment, Zinc 2 — 2
Cloves, ground 1 — 1 Paste, Fish 2 — 2
Crab, canned 1 — 1 Pepper 2 — 2
Cream, canned 3 — 3 Pickles 1 — 1
Cream Salad 1 — 1 Plums, bottled 1 — 1
Currants 3 — 3 Powder, Baking 2 — 2
Cubes, Beef 1 — 1 Powder, Custard 2 — 2
Flour, selfraising 2 — 2 Powder, Liquorice 1 — 1
Fruit Pudding 1 — 1 Powders, Grey 1 —
Fruit Salad, canned 1 — 1 Pudding, Christmas 1 — 1
Ground Ginger 1 — 1 Raisins 4 — 4
Herring Fillets in Salmon, canned 1 — 1
Peanut Oil 1 — 1 Sardines 3 — 3
Herrings in Tomato Sausage, cooked 1 — 1
Sauce 1 — 1 Sausages 5 1 6
Jam 2 5 7 Sild in Olive Oil 1 — 1
Jelly 1 — 1 Soup, Tomato 1 — 1
Ketchup, Tomato 1 — 1 Spice, mixed 1 — 1
Kipper Snacks, Sugar, Foot 2 — 2
canned 1 — 1 Sultanas 4 — 4
Marmalade 1 1 2 Tincture, Amnion,
Milk 47 1 48 Quinine 1 — 1
Milk, condensed evap. Tomatoes 1 — 1
F.C 2 — 2 Tripe 1 — 1
Milk.condensedS.F.C. 7 — 7 Tunny Fish in Olive
Milk, condensed S.S. 6 — 6 Oil 1 — 1