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Action taken in Connection with Samples Reported to be Adulterated.
MILK.
Three samples of milk were adulterated. In one case where fat had been
abstracted to the extent of 2.6 per cent. the deficiency was so small that the case
was met by a letter of caution addressed to the vendor. One sample was found to
be 10 per cent. deficient in fat; in this case as the proprietor of the small shop
where the milk was sold was in hospital, no legal proceedings were instituted,
but a communication was addressed to the vendor on his discharge from hospital,
drawing attention to the matter. In the third case a sample was certified to
contain 7.5 per cent. of added water. Legal proceedings were taken, and the
vendor of this milk was convicted and fined 30s. and 10s. 6d. costs.
CREAM.
One sample of cream was found to be preserved with 0037 per cent. boric
acid. Correspondence ensued between the Council and the vendor of the cream
and the wholesale dealer from whom he obtained his supply. It was ascertained
that this cream was imported from the Irish Free State and information respecting
the presence of preservative in the cream was therefore sent to the Department of
Local Government and Public Health of the Irish Free State.
SAUSAGES.
Five samples of sausages were found to contain preservatives, namely,
sulphur dioxide.
In three cases there was evidence that notices were exhibited in the shops
disclosing the presence of preservative. In one of the two remaining cases where
370 parts per million sulphur dioxide was found, proceedings were instituted
against the vendor. The defendant pleaded that notice as required by the
Regulations had been exhibited in the shop, and the magistrate dismissed the
summons. The fifth case concerned sausages containing 350 parts per million
sulphur dioxide; in this case having regard to the circumstances connected with
the sale of the sample, the Public Health Committee were satisfied that a letter
of warning addressed to the vendor would be sufficient.
MINCED MEAT.
One sample of minced meat was found to contain preservative, namely,
sulphur dioxide to the extent of 110 parts per million. Proceedings were instituted
against the vendor who was convicted and fined £5.