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Acton 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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FOOD AND DRUGS
The Middlesex County Council is the Food and Drugs Authority
in this area, and the Chief Officer of the Public Control Department
has supplied the following figures and notes:—
Samples procured in the Borough of Acton during the year.
| Article | Total samples | |
|---|---|---|
| procured | Unsatisfactory | |
| Milk | 103 | 1 |
| Butter | 17 | _ |
| Cakes and Biscuits | 4 | 2 |
| Cheese | 8 | _ |
| Cream | 17 | _ |
| Drugs | 25 | — |
| Fish and Fish Products | 15 | _ |
| Fruit | 9 | — |
| Ice Cream | 23 | — |
| Liver | 11 | — |
| Margarine | 10 | — |
| Meat and Meat products | 22 | — |
| Sausages | 7 | — |
| Soft Drinks | 1 | — |
| Spirits | 1 | — |
| Sweets | 7 | — |
| Vinegar | 13 | — |
| Miscellaneous | 8 | — |
| 301 | 3 | |
Milk
The milk sample shown as unsatisfactory was 1 churn of a
consignment sent into a processing dairy in Acton and was slightly
deficient in milk fat. The standard achieved of a bulked sample
was satisfactory and no action was therefore taken.
Cakes and Biscuits
Two samples of cakes described as "cream" were found to
be manufactured with imitation cream, and the suppliers were sent
an official caution in respect of these offences.