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Poplar 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912 and 1917. 1 .-MILK; AND CREAM NOT SOLD AS PRESERVED CREAM.

(a) Number of Samples examined for the presence of preservative.(B) Number in which preservative was reported to be present, and percentage of preservative found in each case.
Milk383*Nil.
CreamNil.Nil.

Including one sterilized.
2.—CREAM SOLD AS PRESERVED CREAM.
(a) Instances in which samples have been submitted for analysis to
ascertain if the statements on the label as to preservatives were correct.
(i.) Correct statements made
(ii.) Statements incorrect
(iii.) Percentage of preservative found
in each sample
Percentage stated on statutory
label.
No samples
of Preserved
Cream were
taken.

(b) Determinations made of milk fat in cream sold as preserved cream.

(i.) Above 35 per cent.Nil.
(ii.) Below 35 per cent.Nil.

(c) Instances where (apart from analysis) the requirements as to
labelling or declaration of preserved cream in Article V. (2) of the Regulations
have not been observed.—Nil.
(d) Particulars of each case in which the Regulations have not been
complied with, and action taken.—Nil.
3. Thickening Substances.—Any evidence of their addition to cream
or preserved cream, action taken where found.—Nil
4. Other Observations, if any.—There is very little demand for cream
or preserved cream in this Borough and shopkeepers do not, as a rule,
stock these articles.