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been canned during the previous season when this food colour was still on the
permitted list; soft drink containing excessive amounts of permitted preservatives
-the soft drink had been made by diluting a concentrate and this concentrate
had not been sufficiently diluted; fish and chips wrapped directly in newsprint
contrary to the Food Hygiene Regulations; wine which had been subject to a
spillage of phenolic disinfectant; ice-cream deficient.in non-fatty milk
solids; fruit juices claiming vitamins and minerals but amounts not stated;
pork chipolatas found stale; salmon found to be decomposing; a cheese roll
containing a rodent dropping; ghee with an uncharacteristic odour probably
due to storage near a strong smelling food; a chocolate jelly confection alleged
to have an unusual taste (this could not be confirmed); sardines and porage
oats suggested to have caused sickness, both found to be satisfactory.; orange
drink containing cyclamate (stocks surrendered); soft drink powder contained
in a toy having a non-permitted food colour (Brilliant Blue FCF); processed
cheese containing an insect larva, (the entire stocks withdrawn from sale and
subsequently sent back to the producing country); dried fruit with live mites,
a common pest of dried fruit; grapefruit juice containing tin slightly in
excess of the recognised limits; milk contaminated with 62% of added water,
(the cause of the contamination could not be established); a sour Cornish
Pasty; lemonade containing actively growing yeasts, improperly processed}
coffee concentrate containing lead in excess of the legal limit, (stocks
withdrawn and manufacture discontinued as it had not proved possible to
overcome the technical problems involved); nutmeg deficient in volatile oils.
The absence, inadequacy or improper declaration of ingredients on labels
ascertained in 50 samples were also the subjects of correspondence with
manufacturers or importers.
A summary of the samples analysed and included in quarterly reports
submiitted by the Pub:l i£ Analyst in compliance with Section 99 of the Food
and Drugs Act, 1955, will be found on page90.
Bacteriological Examination of Foodstuffs
Samples submitted for bacteriological examination numbered 209 comprising;-
4 Canned Fish and Shellfish 32 Frozen Ready Meals
2 Canned Meat 5 Gelatine
1 Cooked Rice 52 Ice Cream
2 Cream 52 Meats - Prepared and Cooked
1 Cream Buns 1 Meat Pie
1 Custard Tarts 1 Milk
3 Curry 4 Shellfish - Cooked
12 Boneless Beef 27 Shrimps and Prawns (Raw and
2 Egg Noodles Cooked)
1 Fish Cakes 4 Smoked Salmon
2 Tea
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