View report page

38
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1951
Complaint Samples
Case No. 1420. Sliced Bread. Small pieces of material adhering
to the surface of the slice of bread were found
to consist of wood. The complaint was therefore
considered justified.
Case No. 1607. Canned Cherries. The cherries had been strongly
dyed and the dye had stained the lacquer of the
tin. The cherries themselves possessed an
unpleasant flavour. The complaint was considered
justified.
(^ases Nos. 1670 Potatoes. These samples were suspected to have
and 1671. caused sickness. No. 1670 was a sample of
cooked potatoes and No. 1671 was a sample of
raw potatoes. No substance was detected which
might have caused sickness. It is possible for
new potatoes, sold while immature, to cause
sickness.
Case No. 1679. Canned Plums. The plums examined were of
excellent quality. They did not resemble, except
in size, the plums complained of which were
green and unpalatable. The complaint was
considered not justified.
Case No. 1746. Chocolate Sweets. These sweets contained a
purple dye which was not evenly distributed
throughout the mixture. More care should have
been exercised in triturating the dyestuff used
before incorporating with the other materials.
The complaint was considered justified.
Case No. 1770. Pork Sausages. The complainant alleged that
the sausages were deficient in meat. The meat
content was 56.0 per cent, and the sample was
therefore 9 per cent, deficient in meat. The complaint
was considered justified.
Case No. 1777. (Cooked1 Meat. This sample was partly covered
with a red colouring matter. The colour was
due to the meat being partly immersed in a
dilute solution of cochineal colouring.