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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1951
Analysis of Food and Drugs
1,874 samples of foods and drugs were procured for analysis
during the year. 742 samples of milk, 916 other foodstuffs and
216 drugs. Of these 680 were submitted as formal samples while
1,194 were purchased informally. Two or 0.3 per cent, of the
formal samples and 28 or 2.3 per cent, of the informal samples
were found to be adulterated or not up to standard. The total
adulterations reported were 30 or 1.6 per cent, of the samples
submitted.
The 30 samples found to be adulterated were:— five samples
of canned cherries, two of tincture of iodine, two of milk, two of
sherbet, two of fruit preserving tablets, two of pork sausages,
three of ice-cream, one each of horseradish sauce, French capers,
Sweetphat, tartaric acid, sliced bread, boracic ointment, chocolate
sweets, meat, sandwich biscuits, Quaker Oats, wafer biscuits and
canned tomato soup.
Police Court Proceedings
It was not necessary to take Police Court proceedings in any
of the above cases of adulterated samples, but proceedings under
Section 13 of the above Act were taken in respect of a shop where
food intended for sale was prepared or stored and which did
not comply with the statutory requirements. The Court fined the
defendant £3 and ordered him to pay £4 4s. costs.