[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 57

Lewisham 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table 37— continued

Article	Formal orinformal	Adulteration orirregularity	Action taken orresult of proceedings
Hamburger sausage meat	Formal	Deficient in meat to the extent of 21 %	Manufacturer notified
Minced meat	Informal	Contained preservative contrary to the Preservative in Food Regulations, 1925.	Manufacturers written to
Lemonade powder	Informal	Did not bear a label specifying the name of the product, list of ingredients and name and address of packer or labeller.	Product to be withdrawn from sale.
Shrimp slices	Informal	Contained not more than 4% hydrated shrimps. The description was misleading	Manufacturers in Hong Kong notified.
Formula 120	Informal	Tablets did not satisfy B.P. disintegration test.	Formal sample required
Minced turkey in jelly	Informal	Deficient in meat to the extent of 7 .1%	Manufacturer notified
Cumberland brandy butter	Informal	Insufficient proof spirit to justify the description	Manufacturer notified
Cumberland rum butter	Informal	Insufficient proof spirit to justify the description	Manufacturer notified
Orange drink	Informal	Deficient in orange juice to the extent of 60%.	Manufacturer notified
Tinned orange juice	Informal	Contained not more than 41% juice.	Formal sample to be taken. (see below)
Hamburger sausage meat	Informal	Deficient in meat to the extent of 15%.	Formal sample to be taken. (see below)
Menthol and eucalyptus	Informal	Product labelled incorrectly	New labels produced
Anchovy fillets	Informal	Contained excessive a-mount of lead.	Formal sample to be taken.
Hamburger sausage meat	Formal	Deficient in meat to the extent of 15%	Warning letter sent.
Tinned orange juice	Formal	Contained not more than 37% juice.	Stocks withdrawn
Meat paste, chicken	Informal	Deficient in meat to the extent of 3%	Formal sample to be taken