[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough] page 90

Greenwich 1953

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

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[]$$$Article	How Obtained	Examination		Action Taken
[]$$$Article	How Obtained	Bact. or Chem.	Result	Action Taken
2 tins of Italian Red Cherries.	Special Investi-gation at Ware-house.	Chem.	Contained quan-tity of compressed hydrogen, but metal content not excessive.	Considered as satisfactory.
6 tins of Italian Red Cherries.	Special Investi-gation at Ware-house.	Chem.	Five of the samples proved to be in a satisfactory condition for cater-ing and manu-facturing purposes but the remaining sample was re-garded as unfit for human con-sumption.	See report under heading of ' Food Rejected.'
2 tins of Italian Red Cherries.	Special Investi-gation at Ware-house.	Bact.	No pathogenic bacteria present.	No action necessary.
4 bottles of Synthetic Cream.	' Follow up ' to investigation carried out on this commodity last year.	Bact.	Each proved to have a high plate count but no B. Coli was cultured.	To be re-sampled after a short period.
4 bottles of Synthetic Cream	' Follow up ' to investigation carried out on this commodity last year.	Bact.	In each case the number of viable organisms found to be excessively high.	Reported to Ministry of Food.
1 tin Evaporated Milk.	Complaint that it curdled on ex-posure to atmos-phere.	Chem.	Genuine.	No action.
1 tin Condensed Full Cream Milk Un-sweetened.	Taken from a case of con-densed milk (in stock for some months) and on opening found to be coagulated and curdled.	Chem.	Found to be curdled and un-suitable for ordin-ary use.	Stock destroyed.
Mincemeat.	Taken from a barrel at Cold Storage Plant.	Chem.	Had a sour taste and smell and contained a con-siderable amount of fungus and other micro-organisms.	Unfit for human consumption— sent for pig food.