[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough] page 97

Greenwich 1953

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

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Table: Administrative Action Taken in Regard to Samples Reported to be NOT GENUINE

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Administrative Action Taken in Regard to Samples Reported to be NOT GENUINE

Sample No.	Article	Nature of adulteration and/or irregularity	Action taken
T. 101	Milk	Judged by the recognised stand-ard the sample was deficient in milk-solids other than milk-fat to the equivalent of 1 % of added water.	The deficiency was insufficient to justify any further action.
T. 102	Milk	Judged by the recognised stand-ard the sample was deficient in milk-solids other than milk-fat to the equivalent of 1 % of added water.	The deficiency was insufficient to justify any further action.
T. 146	Black-currants in Syrup, Canned.	The proportion of tin in the sample excessive.	Remainder of stock surrendered and destroyed.
T. 156	Chocolate Spread.	Rendered unsuitable as a spread owing to the crystallization of the sugar during storage.	Stock withdrawn from sale.
T. 220	Glauber's Salt, B.P.	The sample had lost its ' water of crystallization ' and was in fact exsiccated sodium Sulphate—the potency of which was equal to 2 ¾ times that of Glauber's Salt.	Remainder of old stock destroyed.
T. 254	Tomato Ketchup	Judged by the recognised stand-ard the proportion of tomato in the sample was not less than 33% deficient.	Remaining stock destroyed.
T. 272	Dripping	Contained an excess of free fatty acids.	Vendor warned.
T. 284	Calamine Lotion, B.P.	Did not conform to the current British Pharmacopoeia stan-dard.	A revised British Pharmacopoeia came into opera-tion on the 1st Sept., 1953. This sample complied with the B.P. standard opera-tive at the date of manufacture.
T. 344	Glaubor's Salt, B.P.	Irregularity as shown for T. 220	Remaining stock withdrawn from sale.