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FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES 45
Analysis of Food and Drugs
During the year 1,000 samples of food and drugs were procured
for analysis; 260 samples of milk, 677 other foodstuffs and 63 drugs.
Of these, 240 were submitted as formal samples, while 760 were
purchased informally. No adulteration was found in the formal
samples, but 32 or 4.21 per cent, of the informal samples or 3.20
per cent, of the total samples submitted were found to be adulterated
or not up to standard.
The 32 samples found to be adulterated were:
Four samples of ammoniated tincture of quinine, three samples
each of dirty milk bottles, bread and milk, two samples each of
mayonnaise, beef sausages and fruit cocktail and one sample each of
ricory, margarine, cut peel, Indian poppadums, pork chipolatas, beef
chipolatas, pork luncheon meat, iced bun round, Yoghurt, glycerine,
lemon and ipecac, sausage seasoning, cut mixed peel and
savoury minced beef.
Noise Abatement Act, 1960
Court summonses were taken out against six traders for the
sounding of chimes; in four instances a fine of £1 and costs of 10s.
were awarded by the Court and in the other two cases a fine of
£1 10s. and costs of 10s.