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A piece of fruit bun contained a thick cotton thread 3¾" long which
must have been attached to the bun when it was cooked.
A piece of wire stated to have been in some pie crust was found to
be identical with that from a wire brush used in the bakery concerned.
Foreign matter in a wheat cereal consisted of burnt wheat flakes,
several pieces of flakes being burnt almost black indicating carelessness
in production.
The dirt on two pieces of bacon was thought to have been caused by
the bacon being placed in a dirty place. It could not have been caused
by contact with the interior of a smoke oven, as suggested by the manufacturers,
because the material appeared to be partly decomposed organic
matter containing a large numbr of yeasts with some gram positive
bacteria, whereas material in the inside of a smoke oven would be
sterile and tarry.
A peice of hide with adherent hair was found in a can of corned
beef. This should "have been removed from the carcase when dressing it,
but unfortunately pieces of hide like this are found periodically and
show a lack of proper supervision both in the slaughterhouse and in the
canning factory, with a rather natural reaction from the purchaser.
Another can of corned beef showed a discoloured portion of meat containing
75 parts per million of iron, and this resulted from the corrosion
of the can. Whilst this product was inferior no strong exception
could be taken to it.
A paper clip alleged to have been found in a can of corned beef
was examined. The can was not submitted, and the clip was badly corroded
but one side was bright as though a knife might have been rubbed against
it. Pieces of meat were attached to the clip and it would be difficult
to believe that someone could have deliberately placed them there.
Part of a bluebottle was found in a baby food, and from its appearance
had probably been cooked in the food, and a portion of a house
fly was found embedded in a sausage roll.
Parts of an insect larva were present in a cheese and ham sandwich,
whilst a ham sandwich was contaminated with specks of minute pieces
of metal and other material probably included when cutting sandwiches
of different types. The filling consisted mainly of, fat and, if representative
of sandwiches sold in the shop, little care could have been taken
about the meat placed in sandwiches or the cleanliness of the counter.
A sample of pork sausages showed a red discolouration due to the
use of added food colour not properly distributed throughout the
sausages, and portions of a pork pie submitted were mouldy.
Two cooked potato chips examined had been nibbled by mice, but the
suspected mouse droppings in a ham sandwich consisted of poppy seeds.
The purple colour of some potato crisps and a sausage were the
subject of a complaint. Only one of the crisps was discoloured and this
was probably due to the potato being exposed to light before cutting.
A small discoloured piece of meat in the sausage was due to the use of
a purple marking ink, but any dyed portions of skin on the exterior of
meat should have been removed before the meat was processed.
A snail was submitted in an empty strawberry can. It was similar
in size and colour to a strawberry and had been missed on the travelling
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