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Offence How dealt with
6. Tinned Rabbit. Contents decomposed Stock surrendered.
7. Dried Mint. Adulterated with 15 per Importers cautioned. Ministry of
8. cent, foreign leaf (ailanthus glanduFood notified.
9. losa).
10. Sherbert. Contained a small amount of' Vendor cautioned. Stock exhausted—
bicarbonate and tartaric acid which not possible to obtain a " formal "
have re-acted so that there is no sample.
effervescence.
11. Sarsaparilla—incorrectly labelled Manufacturers cautioned.
12. "| Chugs Plugs (Clear mint chewing gum Manufacturers cautioned. Ministry of
& J- compound). Contained 85 per cent. Food notified.
13. J paraffin wax and 40 p.p.m. of copper.
14. Olive Oil Substitute. Contained 99.5 Manufacturer fined ,£15 and £10 10s. 0d.
per cent, liquid paraffin. costs.
15. Liviar. Contained less Vitamin "A" Manufacturer cautioned.
than stated.
16. Cooking oil. Contained 5 per cent. Manufacturer cautioned.
mineral oil.
17. Tomato Ketchup. Contained 8.3 per Ministry of Food notified.
cent, solids, mainly wheat starch.
18. Egg Powder Substitute. Only half Vendor cautioned. Remainder of old
proper strength. stock surrendered.
19. Sweetened Pudding mixture. Contained Vendor cautioned. Remainder of old
mites. stock surrendered.
20. Frying oil. Contained 0.5 per cent, dirt Vendor cautioned.
21. Beef suet. Deficient in fat Manufacturer cautioned.
22. Doughnuts. Contained 15 per cent. Manufacturers cautioned.
paraffin oil.
23. Shortbread. Contained 7 per cent. Manufacturers cautioned.
paraffin oil.
Bacteriological Examination of Foodstuffs
One hundred samples were submitted to the Laboratories of Pathology
and Public Health, 6, Harley Street, W.l.
Of these 30 were in respect of Ice Cream which were graded under the
Methylene Blue Test as follows :—
Grade 1 16
Grade 2 5
Grade 3 3
Grade 4 6
Visits were paid by the Sanitary Inspectors to the producers of the
Grades 3 and 4 products with a view to advising them as to the best methods
of securing a more cleanly product. It must be pointed out that the
Methylene Blue Test is only a provisional one, and is not a legal standard
with which statutory compliance is demanded.
Twenty samples of Pasteurised Milk and one T.T. (Pasteurised)
Milk satisfied the tests prescribed by the Milk (Special Designation)
Regulations, 1936 to 1946, and the Heat Treated (Prescribed Tests)
Order, 1944.
The majority of the remaining samples were obtained in connection
with food poisoning enquiries, but no pathogenic organisms were found.
Meat.
There is no slaughterhouse in the Borough.