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Articles marked with an asterisk were suspected of having caused food
poisoning, but in none of these cases was the food poisoning organism isolated.
Gripe mixture 2
Gripe water 2
Jersey cream 1
Canned ham 2
Bottle only 1
* Bacon 1
* Liver 1
* Breakfast sausage sandwich 2
Compound Magiesia 1
Nurse Harvey's Mixture 1
Ice Cream 19
* Steak pie, peas and potato
meal 1
* Turkey 1
Horseflesh 3
Horse liver 1
Of the 19 samples of ice cream examined and submitted to the Methylene
Blue Test, 1 fell into grade 3 representing 5.26% of the total.
Samples of milk were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory for
examination under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations as follows
Methylene Blue Test 387
Twenty were void, the atmospheric shade temperature being
over 65° F.
Seventeen failed to satisfy the prescribed test.
Phosphatase Test 357
All passed the test.
Of the 17 samples of milk which failed the Methylene Blue Test, 10 were of
raw Tuberculin Tested Channel Islands milk bottled on the farm. The other 7
failures were of milk pasteurised in the Borough. The failures were reported to
the Divisional Milk Officer and to the pasteurisers as appropriate.
LABELLING OF FOOD
As reported in the Annual Report of the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth for
1964, the revision of the Labelling of Food Order is under consideration. No
draft order following the report of the Food Standards Committee set up by the
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has yet been issued.