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UNSOUND FOOD.
During the year, on two occasions, quantities of grapes
and bananas were seized under Section 10 of the Food and
Drugs Act, 1938.
In each case they were taken before a Magistrate, who
ordered their destruction as being unfit for human
consumption.
A quantity of unsound food was also voluntarily surrendered,
of which a large proportion was salvaged for use
as animal and chicken food or recovery of fats for trade
purposes other than for human consumption.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
800 samples of various food and drugs were submitted
to the Public Analyst during the year by the Council's
Sampling Officer for analysis : 120 were found to be inferior
and 10 were adulterated.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) REGULATIONS,
1936-1946, AND REGULATION 55G OF
THE DEFENCE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS,
1939.
In addition to those taken under the Food and Drugs
Act. 1938, 147 sample's of milk sold as "Pasteurised,"
"Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised," "Tuberculin Tested,"
"Sterilised" and "Heat Treated" were taken under
the above Regulations and submitted for bacteriological
examination, the phosphatase test and the methylene blue
test. 26 of these samples were taken direct from milk
processing plants using the high temperature short-time
method of pasteurisation and which are installed and
licensed in the Borough.
TUBERCULIN TESTED MILK.
It is of interest to report that tests for tubercle bacilli on
36 samples of "Tuberculin Tested" milk were made by
the animal inoculation method.
Reports received in respect of each sample were negative,