[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 96

Lewisham 1970

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

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Table: Table 66—continued

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Table 66—continued

Article	Formal or informal	Adulteration or irregularity	Action taken
Leek soup block	Informal	Incorrectly labelled	Letter to importers.
Tomato soup block	Informal	„	„
Spinach soup block	Informal	„	„
Celery soup block	Informal	„	„
Brown sauce block	Informal	„	„
Gelee Royale	Informal	The claim that the product "resists all acids" was extremely exaggerated.	„
White grape juice	Informal	Consisted of diluted juice with added sugar.	No further stock available.
Handkase cheese	Informal	Incorrectly labelled	Letter to importers.
Pork kidneys in gravy	Informal	Deficient in meat	Letter to manufacturers.
Bay leaves	Informal	Rather high lead content	Letter to packers.
Basil	Informal		Letter to packers.
Steak spice	Informal	Contained excess of sand and siliceous matter.	„
Ground pimento	Informal	„	„
Rubbed thyme	Informal	„	„
Bouquet garni	Informal	„	„
Rubbed mixed herbs	Informal	„	„
Asparagus spears	Informal	Incorrectly labelled	Letter to importers.
Peas	Informal	Incorrectly labelled in foreign language.	„
Ikan bilis	Informal	The sample, a dried fish product, had undergone spoilage during drying.	No more of this product available for sale.
Lambs' tongues with jelly	Informal	Sample deficient in meat	Letter to manufacturers.
Coconut	Informal	Sample contained preservative contrary to the Preservatives in Food Regulations.	No action pending discussion between importers and port health authority.
Chopped ham with pork	Informal	Sample deficient in meat	Further sample satisfactory.
Sausage roll	Informal	„	Letter to manufacturers; further sample satisfactory.
Chopped braised pork kidneys in gravy.	Infor nal	Variation in meat content of cans, one of which was deficient.	Letter to importer—resulting in change of manufacturing process; further sample satisfactory.
Whole black pepper	Informal	Poor quality in that it was deficient in non-volatile ether extract.	Letter to packer; subsequent sample satisfactory.
Cayenne pepper	Informal	Poor quality in that it contained excessive sand and grit.	„
Ground pimento	Informal	Poor quality in that it contained excessive mineral matter.	„
Chopped chicken in jelly	Formal	Deficient in meat	Legal proceedings.
Lambs' tongues in jelly	Informal	„	Letter to manufacturer; letter from analyst to manufacturer.
Chopped chicken in jelly	Informal	„	New consignment subsequent to No. 416.
Sausage roll	Informal	„	Letter to manufacturer; further sample satisfactory.
Sausage roll	Informal	„	„
Meat pasty	Informal	„	Letter to manufacturer.
Appetex pat£ with wine	Informal	Sample was an entirely vegetable product and the description "pat6" was therefore inapplicable.	„
Desiccated coconut	Informal	Contained sulphur dioxide preservative.	Under discussion between importers and producers.