Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 37—
Article | Formal or informal | Adulteration or irregularity | Action taken or result of proceedings |
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Ground almonds | Informal | Deficient in almond oil and incorrectly labelled | Formal sample to be taken. |
Milk | Informal | Deficient in fat | Further sample taken and found to be satisfactory. |
Hot milk | Formal | Contained added water | Legal proceedings instituted, but case withdrawn on a technicality |
Foam crystals | Informal | Ingredients contained saponin a potentially dangerous substance | On advice taken some years ago, the minute quantity of saponin present need not be objected to |
Minced beef | Informal | Contained preservative | Warning letter sent |
Minced beef | Informal | Contained preservative | Warning letter sent |
Minced beef | Informal | Contained preservative | Warning letter sent |
Buttered kipper fillets | Informal | Label did not bear list of ingredients | Manufacturers asked to consider alteration of label |
Instant mashed potato | Informal | Statement on label incorrect | Manufacturers' explanation accepted |
Glace cherries | Informal | Container bore no trade mark nor name of packer or labeller | Unable to take formal sample-line discontinued |
Tomato Frizets | Informal | One Ingredient missed from declared list | Manufacturers' explanation accepted |
Rum butter | Informal | Contained insufficient proof spirit to justify description | No further stocks |
Tomato puree condensed | Informal | Misleading label | Awaiting further information from public analyst |
Apple green colour | Informal | Sample wrongly labelled | Accidental fixing of wrong label |
Italian tomato puree extra | Informal | Misleading label | Awaiting further information from public analyst |
Golden ginger and rum flavour | Informal | Misleading label | Manufacturer notified |
Port flavour | Informal | Misleading label | Manufacturer notified |