[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ] page 34

City of London 1960

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

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Table: Administrative action regarding adulteration or other irregularity - continued

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Article	Informal or Formal Sample	Nature of adulteration or irregularity	Action
Instant Coffee	Informal	Contained Sulphur dioxide, 140 parts per million.	Coffee extracts of this type are not permitted to contain sulphur dioxide. The manufacturers have made representations to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for dry coffee extracts to be placed on a similar basis with regard to preservatives, as liquid extracts.
Instant Coffee	Informal	Contained Sulphur dioxide, 90 parts per million.	This coffee extract was imported from Israel and the sulphur dioxide apparently results from the drying process being carried out by a fuel containing sulphur. Later samples of this product were free from sulphur dioxide as a result of changing the type of fuel used for drying purposes.
Butter	Informal	Contained water 16.2%.	Butter should not contain more than 16% water. The matter was taken up with the vendors and packers. No further action was considered necessary.
Cheese	Informal	The cheese contained embedded in it a small bent piece of rusty iron wire.	There is no explanation for this small piece of wire being embedded in the Cheese. No legal action taken.
Dried Fruit Salad	Informal	Unfit. The sample was contaminated by mites and insect excreta.	The remaining stocks were examined and withdrawn from sale. Stores are being disinfested.
Turkish Figs	Informal	Unfit. The sample had been attacked by insects, mites and mildew. 200 small beetles and 17 larvae were found.	The remaining stocks were examined and withdrawn from sale. Stores are being disinfested.

Table: PROSECUTIONS Food and Drugs Act, 1955

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PROSECUTIONS Food and Drugs Act, 1955

Section	Offence	Result
6 & 8	Sale of Hamburger sausage meat bearing a label falsely describing the sausage meat. Sale of Hamburger Sausage Meat unfit for human consumption.	Vendor fined £5 on each of the two summonses with £8. 8s. 0d. costs.
8	Sale of meat roll unfit for human consumption.	Vendor fined £75 with £7. 7s. 0d. costs.

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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955 (Section 16)
This Section provides for registration of premises for the sale, manufacture for sale or
storage of ice cream, or the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or
preserved food intended for sale. 148 such premises were registered at the end of the year.

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The following table shows the types of business carried on:—

Nature of Business	No. of premises registered
Sale and storage of pre-packed ice cream	82
Sale and storage of ice cream	6
Selecting and sorting of sausage casings	9
Preparation and cooking of jellied eels and shellfish	14
Cooking of hams	1
Cooking of Beetroot	1
Manufacture of sausages, dripping and cooked meats, and brining of meat.	33
Cooking, smoking and canning of meat products	2
Manufacture of pies	1
Smoking of bacon	1
Sale of Cooked Meats	2
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Table: Administrative action regarding adulteration or other irregularity - continued

Table: PROSECUTIONS Food and Drugs Act, 1955

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Table: The following table shows the types of business carried on:—