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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| Article | How Obtained | Examination | Action Taken | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bact. or Chem. | Result | |||
| Tea | Complaint from member of the public that tea contained foreign bodies. | Chem. | The specimen con-tained thirty small lumps of a soft, brown material, measuring from ½ in. to i in. in length, weighing altogether 0.36 gr. and consisting of matted tea leaf hairs. | The packers stated the matted tea leaf is known in the trade as tea fluff which inter-mittently collects around the auto-matic equipment used in the weigh-ing and packet-ing of tea. The packers replaced the tea to the cus-tomer. |
In addition to the foregoing complaints, there were 73 others
from members of the public. Each case was fully investigated by
the Food Inspectors and, where justified, appropriate action was
taken.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955 Number and Description of Samples Submitted for Analysis under the above Act during the year 1967 (including samples taken under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations)
| Article | Number Examined | Number Adulterated, etc. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Almonds, Ground | — | 3 | 3 | — | __ | — |
| Arrowroot | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Aspirin Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Baby Foods | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
| Baking Powder | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Barley, Pearl | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Batter Flour | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Beverage, Canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Biscuits | — | 32 | 32 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Blancmange powder | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Brandy | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Bread | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Bread, Rye | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Bread, | ||||||
| Starch reduced | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Breadcrumbs | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |