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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1961
Adulterated Samples
Table: Particulars of the samples reported as adulterated or not up to standard are given in the following table:
Particulars of the samples reported as adulterated or not up to standard are given in the following table:
Case No. | Nature of Sample | Nature of Report |
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Formal 432 | Glace cherries | Sulphur dioxide 205 parts per million |
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434 | ,, ,, | ,, „ 145 ,, ,, ,, |
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59 | Milk | 72% extraneous water |
Informal 930 | Double cream | Calcium compound with aliphatic acids present |
932 | Rum truffles | Rum, one part in 930 parts only |
935 | T obler-O-Rum chocolate | Rum, one part in 1500 parts only |
983 | Bread | Contaminated with dirty mineral grease |
984 | Bread | Contaminated with dirty mineral grease |
1178 | Blackcurrant drink | Deficient in ascorbic acid |
1207 | Cream | Contained finely divided iron |
1208 | Slice of bread | Contained mineral grease |
1237 | Bread | Contained lime-fruit sweet or jelly |
1238 | Canned butterbeans | Contained fibres from sacking |
1252 | Milk bottle | Contained moulds and miscellaneous dirt |
1253 | Milk bottle | Contained a slug |
1314 | Bottle of milk | Mycelium and spores of mould present |
1330 | Prepared sauce | Olive oil replaced by arachis oil |
1372 | Slices of bread | Mould (Monilia sitophila) present |
1373 | Prepared sauce | Olive oil replaced by arachis oil |
1401 | Milk bottle | Mycelium and spores of mould present |
1429 | Milk bottle | Extraneous matter of the nature of cement |
1457 | Milk bottle | Dirt, probably atmospheric |
1541 | Bottle of milk | 8 inches of insulated lighting cable present |
1589 | Bottle of milk | Atmospheric dirt and live yeast cells present |
71 | Slice of bread | Cotton material with vegetable oil embedded in crumb |
Table: The amount of adulteration detected during the year was:
The amount of adulteration detected during the year was:
For formal samples | 2.08 per cent. |
For informal samples | 2.92 per cent. |
For all samples | 2.70 per cent. |