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38
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
During the year under review 838 samples of food, drugs, etc.,
were obtained by the Council's Inspectors and submitted to the
Public Analyst for examination. Of this number 310 were purchased
formally in accordance with the provisions of the above-named Act
and the remaining 528 were obtained informally as " test " samples.
Fifteen, or 4 8 per cent of the formal samples were certified as
adulterated or below standard by the Public Analyst, compared with
3.6 per cent in 1931.
The following table gives details of the samples analysed:—