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Food & Drugs Act, 1955.
Legal proceedings were taken in one case under Section 8 of the Food & Drugs Act, 1955,
resulting in a penalty of £25 and costs of £2. A large quantity of food which, although unsound,
did not call for action under Section 9, was voluntarily surrendered. A list of the commodities and
the amount involved are shown in an Appendix — see Table 27, p. 104.
During the year 58 complaints were received from members of the general public in connection
with food purchased in the Borough. The following summary shows the action taken after
full investigation in each case:-
Nature of Complaint
Unfit corned beef
Fruit bun with rubber band
Unfit baby food
Snail in frozen peas
Black specks in canned pudding
Unfit (mouldy) Easter Eggs
Jam alleged to contain glass
Nail in wrapped white loaf
Flour has salt/soda flavour
Loaf of bread has spots of mould
Mouldy bread
Mouldy bread
Mouldy fruit loaf
Dirty milk bottle
Lizard in tin of pineapple
Dirty milk bottle
Beetle in baby food
Foreign matter in loaf of bread (paper)
Dark spots in white loaf
Unfit hamburgers
Alleged unpleasant flavour of bread
Dirty milk bottle
Maggots in cooked ham
Disco loured corned beef.
Dark substance in pork pie
Cement in milk bottle
Action taken
Letter to Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries
& Food
Legal proceedings. Penalty £5. Costs £2.
Warning letter.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £2: Costs £2.
No action (insufficient evidence).
Complainant unwilling to give evidence.
Warning letter
Legal proceedings. Penalty £15. Costs £2.
Letter to manufacturers.
Insufficient evidence.
Letter to baker
Letter to baker
Letter to baker
Legal proceedings. Penalty £20: Costs £2
Letter to South African Embassy
Warning letter.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £S: Costs £2.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £10: Costs £2.
Warning letter.
Food seized resulting in legal proceedings.
Penalty £25: Costs £2.
No action.
Complainant not willing to give evidence.
Letter to bottlers.
Insufficient evidence.
Proceedings.
Piece of skin.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £5: Costs £3.3.0.
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