[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ] page 19

City of London 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION REGARDING ADULTERATION OR OTHER IRREGULARITY.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION REGARDING ADULTERATION OR OTHER IRREGULARITY.

Sample No.	Article.	Informalor Formal.	Nature of adulteration or irregularity.	Observations.	Action.
31	Pork Sausages	Informal	Contained preservative although not labelled accordingly or statutory notice displayed at time of sale.		Vendor cautioned and statutory notice subsequently displayed.
101	Chocolates (liquid centres)	Informal	Misleading labelling and sale display.	Bottle-shaped chocolates separately labelled and displayed for sale in a manner which would suggest that they were liqueur chocolates. On analysis no alcohol was found.	The matter was taken up with the manufacturers, the suppliers and vendors, with the Local Authority where manufactured and subsequently with the Ministry of Food.
135	Tomato Paste	Informal	Contained tin and tin compounds equivalent to 4.4 grs. tin per pound.	Two further tins sampled . Analysis of contents revealed 3.25 and 4.21 grs. tin per lb.	Balance of stock in shop and at wharf surrendered and destroyed.
178	Milk	Formal	Deficient in fat to extent of 26 per cent.	-	Prosecution (see below).
227	Pork Sausages	Informal	Labelling regarding preservative not in compliance with Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in Food) Regulations, 1925/27.	-	Notification to Local Authority where sausages manufactured.
272	Milk	Formal	18.4 per cent. extraneous water.	-	Prosecution (see below).
290	Condensed Full Cream Milk.	Informal	Genuine but unwholesome	-	Stock surrendered.

Table: PROSECUTIONS.

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PROSECUTIONS.

Article.	Offence.	Result.
Milk	Section 3, Food and Drugs Act, 1938. Selling a glass of milk deficient in fat to the extent of 26 per cent.	Vendor discharged conditionally for twelve months upon payment of Two Guineas costs.
Milk	Section 9, Food and Drugs (Milk, Dairies and Artificial Cream) Act, 1950. Having in possession for sale for human consumption, milk certified on analysis to contain extraneous water to the extent of 18.4 per cent.	Company owning fined One Pound. Costs—Two Guineas.
Ham Roll	Section 9, Food and Drugs Act, 1938. Unlawfully selling an article of food intended but unfit for human consumption, i.e., a ham roll containing a cigarette end.	Joint proprietors of business both fined Two Pounds and One Guinea costs.