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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
This part of the report deals with the work carried out by
the Food Inspectors under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, the Public
Health (Meat) Regulations. 1924 and the Milk (Special Designation
Regulations, 1949 and 1950, and the Ice Cream (Heat Treatment
etc.) Regulations, 1947.
1. Sampling of Food and Drugs
(a) For Chemical analysis
Number procured formall 200
Number procured informally 1,300
Of the 200 formal samples. 168 were of milk, of the remaining
32 other samples, four were found to be adulterated.
(b) For bacteriological and other examinations
The following shows the number and types of samples submitted
for bacteriological and other examinations: -
Ice Cream and Ice Cream Mix 238
Ice lolly and lolly Mix 42
Butter 4
Cheese 3
Milk Bottle 1
* Chutney 1
* Salmon (canned) 1
{Coffee 1
Roast Veal 1
Potatoes 1
Yorkshire Pudding 1
Peas 1
Parsnips 1
Apricots 1
Custard 1
Gravy1
* Salt beef 1
Lemon drink container rinsings 1
Pork pie 2
Chinese Egg albumen 1
Marshmallow Biscuit 5
* Meat Pie 1
* Iced Christmas Cake 1
Total 311
• These articles were suspected of having caused
food poisoning