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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
Number and Description of Samples Submitted for Analysis
under the above Act during the Year 1951
Article
Number Examined
Number Adulterated, &c.
Formal
Informal
Total
Formal
Informal
Total
Aspirin tablets
—
6
6
—
—
—
Barley, pearl
—
1
1
—
—
—
Baking powder and
golden raising
powder
—
6
6
—
—
—
Blackcurrant syrup
—
1
1
—
—
—
Butter
—
11
11
—
—
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Cake
—
4
4
—
2
2
Cake and pudding
mixtures
—
11
11
—
1
1
Castor oil
—
1
1
—
—
—
Chocolate, drinking
—
1
1
—
—
—
Coconut, desiccated
—
2
2
—
—
—
Coffee & chicory
essence
6
6
—
Confectionery, sugar
—
6
6
—
—
—
Cooking fat
—
9
9
—
—
—
Cough mixture
—
1
1
—
—
—
Cream powder,
imitation
—
2
2
—
—
—
Curry powder
—
5
5
—
1
1
Custard powder
—
4
4
—
—
—
Dessert powder
2
2
—
—
—
Drinks, soft
—
4
4
—
—
—
Drink, tablets
—
2
2
—
—
—
Dripping
—
2
2
—
—
—
Epsom salts
—
1
1
—
—
—
Figs, compound
syrup of
—
1
1
—
—
—
Fish, cake
—
1
1
—
—
—
Fish, canned
—
11
11
—
—
—
Fish paste
—
6
6
—
—
—
Flour
—
3
3
—
—
—
Fruit, canned
—
7
7
—
1
1
Fruit, dried
—
7
7
—
3
3
Fruit, juice
—
3
3
—
—
—
Gelatine
—
2
2
—
—
—
Gin
3
—
1
—
—
—
Gravy preparations
—
3
3
—
—
—
Guava jelly
—
1
1
—
—
—
Herbs, dried
—
2
2
—
—
—
Honey
—
4
4
—
—
—
Ice cream
50
50
—
—
—
Ice lollies
—
6
6
—
—
—
Jam
—
4
4
—
—
—
Jelly tablets and
crystals
—
6
6
—
3
3
Lard
—
1
1
—
—
—
Lemonade powder
—
2
2
—
—
—
Lemon curd
—
1
1
—
—
—