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 Southwark, Borough of]
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Food
Examined
Result of
Examination
Action taken
Cayenne Pepper
Confectionery
Dried Apricots
Ginger
Groundnuts in shell
Lumpfish Roe
Mango Nectar
Nutmegs
Orange Juice
Paprika Schoten
Pickled eggs
Pickled Cucumber
Pork Luncheon
Meat
Preserved
vegetables
Pressed Chopped
Ham
Chopped Pork
Prunes
Pumpkin Soup
Sardines
Tomato Puree
Found to contain prohibited
colouring matter
Label found to be incorrect
Found to contain Sulphur
Dioxide in excess of 2,000
parts per million
Found to be contaminated
with mould
Found to contain aflatoxin-
medium toxicity
Found to contain prohibited
colouring matter
Description on label misleading
Found to be unfit for human
consumption
Label found to be incorrect
Label found to be incorrect
Label found to be incorrect
Label found to be incorrect
Label found to be incorrect
Ingredients not stated on label
Found to contain added starch
Found to contain added starch
Found to contain sorbic acid
Ingredients not stated on label
Label found to be incorrect
Found to have excessive mould
content
Consignment re-exported
Released with warning to
importer
Released for treatment
Released for treatment
Released for pet food
purposes only
Consignment re-exported
Released with warning to
importer
Released for distillation
purposes only
Released with warning to
importer
Released with warning to
importer
Released with warning to
importer
Released with warning to
importer
Released with warning to
importer
Released with warning to
importer
Released with warning to
importer
Released with warning to
importer
Consignment re-exported
Released with warning to
importer
Released with warning to
importer
Consignment re-exported
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