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REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC
ANALYST FOR 1956
The Public Analyst, J. E. Woodhead, B.Sc., F.R.I.C., Ph.C.
reports as follows: By virtue of the requirements of the Food and
Drugs Act, 1955, 1,000 samples were examined during the year
ended 31st December, 1956, 965 were articles of food and the
remaining 35, drugs. All were submitted by the Council's Food
Inspector, 162 having been taken with the formalities required by the
Act and 838 informally.
Samples of the following substances were analysed: fats (butter,
margarine, etc), 52; beverages (cocoa, coffee, tea, etc.), 30; cereal
preparations, 21; cream, 45; fish (canned etc.), 32; fruit (canned and
dried), 63; meat products (including sausages), 45; milk, 180;
pickles and condiments (including spices), 47; preserves, 33; soup, 24;
vegetables, 51; bicarbonate of soda, 5; iodine solutions, 4; ointments,
4; seidlitz powders, 2.
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