| *Custard Pie | Informal | Contained baked in the pastry the damaged remains of a small moth. | Legal proceedings were instituted against the manufacturer of the custard pie. The defendant pleaded guilty and was given an absolute discharge but was ordered to pay £5 5s. 0d., towards the costs of the prosecution. |
| (Fish)Thon a la Provencale | Informal | The label did not include the common or usual English name of the food nor any statement of ingredients. | Retailer requested to print labels indicating the English name and ingredients of thecommodity. |
| Milk | Informal | Contained fat, 2.69% Solids-not-fat, 8.51% corresponding to the abstraction of 10% of the milk fat. | Appropriate representations were made to the firm concerned. After a thorough investigation no explanation could be found as to the cause of the fat extraction, All further samples proved genuine. |
| Mustard Oil | Informal | The sample was not Mustard Oil but consisted of flavoured mineral oil, coloured with an artificial colour (consistant with Oil Orange E) not permitted by the Colouring Matter in Food Regulations, | All stock of this commodity was surrendered by the merchant and destroyed by the Cleansing Department of the City. Corporation, |
| *Nut Ring | Informal | Consisted of four broken pieces of nut brittle and contained moulded in two of the pieces two strands of jute, 4 and 2½inches long. | Appropriate representations were made to the manufacturer. |
| Salad Dress ing Mix | Informal | Consisted of a Salad Dressing Preparation inadequately labelled, To make a salad dressing this preparation required the addition of salad oil and vinegar. It is therefore an incomplete mix and the fact that other ingredients need to be added should in my opinion be clearly stated in close association with the description of the article on the label. | The existing stock of this commodity has been withdrawn from sale until amended labels have been prepared. |
| Soupe Pistou, Canned | Informal | The label of the can was in French and did not include any statement in English of the common or usual name or of the ingredients of the food. | Retailer requested to have statement in English printed on the label. |
| Sausages | Informal | Contained Sulphur Dioxine, 240 parts per million. Sausages may not contain preservative unless its presence is declared. | Notice now displayed in shop indicating that all sausages contain preservative. |
| Pork Sausages | Informal | Contained sulphur dioxide, 270 parts per million. Sausages may not contain preservative unless its presence is declared. | Notice now displayed in shop indicating that all sausages contain preservative. |
| Pork Sausages | Informal | Contained Meat, 61%; sulphur dioxide 340 parts per million.(1) Pork sausages ordinarily contain at least 65% of meat.(2) Sausages should not contain preservative unless its presence is declared. | Representations have been made to the company marketing this commodity, who agreed to withdraw the sausages from sale to the Public. |
| Pork Pies | Informal | One of the pies contained a small growth of green mould on the meat filling. | Appropriate representations were made to the caterer concerned. |
| Mixed Grill | Informal | The ingredients included sausages which contained sulphur dioxide, 260 parts per million. The label did not bear any declaration of preservative or other ingredients. | Notice now displayed in shop indicating that all sausages and sausage meat contain preservative.. |
