| Kipper Fillets, Buttered | Informal | Contained artificial colouring matter, the presence of which was not disclosed on the label as required by the Labelling of Food Order, The colouring matter was identified as Brown FK, a permitted food colour. | This matter was taken up with the respective retailers and the producers who maintained that this was not an added colouring but * part of the essential process of producing a kipper. |
| Kipper Fillets | Informal | Contained artificial colouring matter, the presence of which was not disclosed on the label as required by the Labelling of Food Order, |
| Kipper Fillets, Buttered | Informal | Contained artificial colouring matter, the presence of which was not disclosed on the label as required by the Labelling of Food Order, |
| Lard, American Pure | Informal | Contained Butylated hydroxyani-sole 60 parts per million and Butylated hydroxytoluene 30 parts per million. The presence of Butylated hydroxytoluene was was disclosed on the label, but not Butylated hydroxyanisole. | Arrangements made with the packers for the labelling of this commodity to be amended. |
| Lard, American Pure | Informal | Contained Butylated hydroxytoluene 100 ppm, and Butylated hydroxyanisole 80 ppm. The presence of the Butylated hydroxytoluene was disclosed on the label but not of Butylated hydroxy anisole, | The matter was raised with the importers who agreed to amend the labels forthwith. |
| *Luncheon Meat Sandwich | Informal | Contained embedded in the bread a small black object consisting of a fragment of scorched, grease saturated dough. | Appropriate representations made to the caterer who sold the sandwich, As bread was obtained from two separate sources it was not possible to pursue the matter with the bakers. |
| *Meat Pie | Informal | The meat filling of the pie was stale, mouldy and unfit for human consumption. | Appropriate representations made to the caterer and manufacturer. |
| *Milk | Informal | Contained:- Milk fat 0,10% Solids not fat 0,22% Water 99.68% corresponding to the presence of 97% of added water. | This was a sample of milk from a school which had been the subject of a complaint. Extensive enjuiries finally revealed that this milk had been tampered with as a "schoolboy's prank". The matter was left in the hands of the school authorities. |
| *Milk Bottle Empty | Informal | Adhering to the inside of the bottle were two pupae of small fly, Paraspiniphora, Bottle not thoroughly cleansed before use. | Appropriate representations were made to the dairy concerned. |
| Mini Chips | Informal | The label did not include a statement of ingredients as required by the Labelling of Food Order, | Representations made direct to the firm of multiple retailers marketing this product and as a result, the manufacturers have undertaken to amend the labels. |
| *Olives, Bottled | Informal | The brine in which the olives had been packed contained a substantial growth of yeast. | Investigation showed that these olives had been in the possession of the purchaser for some time. |
| *Opal Fruits | Informal | The sweets were dirty. | This matter was referred to the local authority in whose area the factory is situated. |
| Oriental Egg Roll Mix | Informal | Contained only 0.2 per cent of dried egg equivalent to 0.6 per cent of whole egg, calculated on the whole sample. The proportion of egg was too small to justify the description "Egg Roll Mix", | These were specimens of prepacked articles which a City merchant proposed to import into this coun-try. He was advised that the labelling was unsatisfactory. |
| Oriental Egg Drop Soup Mix | Informal | Contained no egg. Description considered misleading. | |
| Sausages, Beef Preserved | Informal | Contained Sulphur dioxide, 670 parts per million. Sausages may contain Sulphur dioxide in a proportion not exceeding 450 parts per million. | Written representation made to the retailer who was also the manufacturer, Subsequent samples were satisfactory. |
