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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC
ANALYST FOR 1%5
The analysis of samples of food and drugs purchased formally
and informally under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955 is carried out
by the Public Analyst, D. G. Forbes, Esq., B.Sc., F.R.I.C., and
during the year 1,000 samples were submitted by the Council's
food inspectors. Eighty-two of these samples were taken with the
formalities required by the Act and 918 were taken informally.
The number of food samples was 921 and the remaining 79 were
drugs.
The samples submitted for analysis included the following
substances : —
Beverages (cocoa, coffee, tea, etc.) 79
Cereal preparations 63
Cheese products 28
Confectionery 60
Cream 12
Fats (butter, margarine, etc.) 56
Fish (canned, etc.) 31
Fruit (canned and dried) 35
Ice-cream 8
Meat products (including sausages) 129
Milk 166
Pickles and condiments (including spices) 75
Preserves 52
Soups 16
Vegetables 27
Aspirin tablets 12
Borax and honey 3
Friars balsam 2
Glycerin of borax 3
Indigestion tablets 3
Iodine 2
Linctus 2
Oils 7
Ointments 3
Seidlitz powders 2
Throat pastilles 6