[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough] page 98

Greenwich 1954

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

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Administrative Action Taken in Regard to Samples that were Found
to be GENUINE but failed to meet the Requirements of The Labelling
of Food Order, 1953, The Food Standards (Table Jellies) Order, 1949
and The Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923—1943.

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Sample No.	Article	Nature of Adulteration and/or Irregularity	Action taken
T. 74	Sweetened Sponge Mixture	Contravened the Labelling of Food Order, 1953, in that the statement of ingredients did not appear prominently and in a conspicuous position on the label.	Letter to manufacturer produced reply that correctly labelled cartons were now being used.
T. 117	Table Jelly	When made up with water the sample failed to set satisfactorily and did not comply with the Setting Test specified in the Schedule to the Food Standards (Table Jellies) Order, 1949.	Letter to manufacturer. Gone out of business— manufacture of this jelly discontinued.
T. 267	Condensed Full Cream Milk, Sweetened	The size of type used for the prescribed declaration of equivalent pints of milk was smaller than that required by the Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923—1953	Purchased in bulk under licence by the now disbanded Condensed Milk Pool of the Ministry of Food — no further action was taken.
T. 404	Condensed machine skimmed milk. Sweetened	The size of type used for the prescribed declaration of equivalent pints of milk was smaller than that required by the Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923—1953	Warning letter to manufacturer.