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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Southwark 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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New Zealand Second Grade Cheese

Table: 64 samples of New Zealand second grade cheese were submitted for bacteriological examination during 1971 with the following results:—

64 samples of New Zealand second grade cheese were submitted for bacteriological examination during 1971 with the following results:—

Coagulase-positive staphylococciNo. of samples
Less than 500 per gram56
500-500,000 per gram1
Over 500,000 per gram7
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Brands with counts in excess of 500,000 per gram were destroyed. The remainder
of the cheese was allowed to go for processing.
First Grade Cheese
11 samples of New Zealand first grade cheese and 4 samples Czechoslovakian
Cheddar Cheese were submitted and found to be satisfactory.
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