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1929
During the year 1929 in addition to the samples taken and submitted to the
Public Analyst there was a total of 893 informal samples which were examined by
the Food and Drugs Inspector. These informal samples comprised a number of
varied articles.
The greatest amount of detected adulteration occurred in the second quarter
of the year, as shown by the figures given in the statement below, when it was
22.0 per cent, and contrasted with 3.2, 11.3 and 1.0 per cent., respectively, in the
first, third and fourth quarters.
Examined.
Genuine.
Adulterated.
Per Cent.
Formal
Informal
Formal
Informal
Formal
Informal
Adulterated
1st Quarter
237
74
228
73
9
1
32
2nd „
209
95
190
47
19
48
22.0
3rd „
265
152
227
143
38
9
11.3
4th ,,
204
82
202
81
2
1
1.0
The Year
915
403
847
344
68
59
9.6
Informal Sampling.—The informal samples purchased included the
following:—
No. of
Article. Samples.
Mil 6
Butter 130
Lard 10
Sweets 8
Cakes and Buns 6
Preserved Sausages 24
Sausages 62
Coffee 1
Jam and Marmalade 4
Sultanas 3
Bacon 2
Biscuits 3
Fish Paste 2
Honey 1
Lentils 1
Butter Creams 1
Cherry Brandy Creams 1
Cocoa 1
Cream Cakes and Pastries 77
Dried Full Cream Milk 8
Extract of Malt 1
Prawns 5
Rum Creams 1
Ham 4
Brawn 2
Tongue 2
Aniseed 1
No. of
Article. Samples.
Artificial Cream 2
Ice Cream 1
Marmalade 1
Meat Pie 1
Butter Toflee 1
Cherries Glace 4
Mincemeat 3
Mixed Peel 3
Wines (Alcoholic) 3
Ground Almonds 2
Preserved Ginger 2
Almonds (Whole) 1
Xmas Pudding 1
Chrystallised Fruit 1
Icing Sugar 1
vinegar Malt 1
Muscatels 1
Oatmeal 1
Olive Oil 1
Pearl Barley 1
Flour (Diabetic, Self Raising) 1
Suet 1
Treacle 1
Wines (Non-Alcoholic) 1
Total 403
Milk.—The qualitative result of the Analyses of the Milk samples, which have
now been published for many years, are as follows
No. of Samples. Solids not Fat. Fat, Total Solids.
Milk purchased on Sundays 124 8.95 3.52 12.47
Milk purchased on Week-days 362 8.93 3.49 12.42
Milk procured in transit at
Finsbury Park Station 178 8.92 3.67 12.69
Official Standard - 8.50 3 00 11 50