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Action taken with respect to the irregular samples was as follows.
Legal proceedings were instituted with regard to 4 samples; namely, the sale of
bread and margarine as bread and butter and the sale of Polish bacon as Danish bacon.
Fines imposed and cost awarded amounted to £75 and £19.4.0d. respectively.
Matters taken up with manufacturers or importers included ground ginger contaminated
by metallic compound, pickles containing benzoic acid, Brazilian coffee and tea
contaminated with mould growth, brown rice infested with dead merchant grain beetles,
dried fruit infested with mites, sugar contaminated with sodium antimonate and coffee
contaminated with tung oil.
The absence, inadequacy or improper declaration of ingredients on labels were ascertained
in 56 samples and were the subject of correspondence with manufacturers or importers.
A summary of the samples analysed and included in quarterly reports submitted by the
Public Analyst in compliance with Section 99 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 will be found
on page 119.
Bacteriological Examination of Foodstuffs
Samples submitted for bacteriological examination numbered 250, comprising:
2 Pasteurised milk 3 Tea
11 Tuberculin tested (pasteurised) milk 23 Desiccated coconut
12 Ice cream 2 Canned soups
1 Ice lolly 1 Canned banana dessert
1 Parev (Kosher) ice cream 3 Canned crab
1 Artificial cream 116 Imported dried egg
1 Sausage roll 23 Imported frozen or cooked prawns
1 Pork sausage 38 Canned meats
11 Water
Unsatisfactory results from 35 of the samples included:
1 Pakistani uncooked frozen prawns and High plate count - released on condition
5 Chinese frozen peeled prawns they were kept refrigerated and cooked
before use.
1 Chinese cooked peeled prawns Heavy plate count and coli resembling
faecal coli. Consignment rejected.
3 Chinese frozen prawns Excessively high plate count.
ment re-exported.
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