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Details of the ice cream and milk samples submitted to
bacteriological examination appear under the respective
headings. Sixty other samples were taken for examination. Some
were routine samples; others for confirmation of unsound or
defective tinning, etc., and a proportion were from suspected
cases of food poisoning.
(b) Chemical analysis „ Mr. Eric Voelcker, A .R .C .S .,F R. I .C
Public Analyst to the Borough, has examined and reported upon
507 samples which can be classified under the following broad
headings;-
Milk, cream, condensed milk, etc. 12
Butter, margarine, cooking fat, cheese 50
Ice cream, lollies 23
Fruits, vegetables (including canned and tinned) 44
Tinned fish, shellfish 15
Meat and meat products 56
Herbs, condiments, spices, sauces, etc. 65
Flour, flour confectionery, puddings, cakes, etc. 50
Beverages, non-alcoholic 30
do. alcoholic 43
Jams, preserves 21
Sweets, confectionery 57
Miscellaneous 41
507
All the samples of milk proved satisfactory, the
average milk fat content being 3.76 per cent. The legal minimum
is 3 per cent.
Nine samples of pork sausages were taken, the average
meat content being 68.3 per cent; the lowest meat content was
66 per cento Two samples of beef sausages each gave meat
contents of 51 per cent.
There were 28 adulterated or unsatisfactory samples,
details of which are given in the Statistical Summary.
Unsound Food. Wherever possible, such food is salvaged for use
either for animal feeding stuffs, soap manufacturing or other
industrial purposes. Other condemned food is either destroyed
at the Public Health Station or removed to the Council's Dust
Wharf for disposal with other trade refuse.