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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Barnet 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]

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Table: Legal Proceedings ( continued)

Legal Proceedings ( continued)

DATEOFFENCESFINE
26. 4.67Sale of milk in dirty bottle£5 £5.5s.0d. costs
12. 7.67Sale of carton of Yogurt containing glass splinter£20 £5.5s.0d. costs
13. 7.67Sale of milk in bottle containing cement£25 £10.10s.0d. costs
17. 7.67Sale of mouldy pork pie£5 £5 costs
31. 7.67Sale of sausage roll containing piece of metal£10 £5.5s.0d. costs
9. 8.67Sale of unsound sliced pork£10 £3.3s.0d. costs
4. 9.67Sale of gateau affected with mould£20 £5.5s.0d. costs
6. 9.67Sale of unsound steak pies£15 £5.5s.0d. costs
6. 9.67Exposing unsound steak pies for sale£15 £5.5s.0d. costs
13. 9.67Sale of milk in bottle containing glass splinter£10 £5.5s.0d. costs
13. 9.67Sale of milk in bottle containing glass splinter£10 £5.5s.0d. costs
9.10.67Sale of bread roll containing hessian fibresConditional discharge £10.10s.0d. costs
18.10.67Sale of milk in dirty bottle£20 £5.5s.0d. costs
18.10.67Sale of milk in dirty bottle£20 No costs
18.10.67Sale of milk in dirty bottle£20 No costs
18.10.67Sale of milk in dirty bottle£20 No costs
20.11.67Sale of loaf containing paper clip£20 £3 costs
20.11.67Sale of loaf contaminated with oil and iron compounds£15 £3 costs
20.11.67Sale of mouldy loaf£15 £3 costs
20.11.67Sale of mouldy loaf£15 £3 costs

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National Pesticide Survey
In November 1965 the Council agreed to participate in a scheme which had been proposed by the
Association of Public Analysts and designed to enable a systematic enquiry to be carried out into
the extent of contamination of foodstuffs by toxic chemicals (particularly organo-chlorine pesticide
residues). The scheme was arranged to extend over a period of two years and came into operation
in July 1966. The boroughs in Greater London were grouped into three areas, each borough being
responsible for taking 18 samples during a four monthly period.
During the months August to November 1967 the following foodstuffs were sampled by the
Department for pesticide residues:— bread, cheese (2 samples) pork (2 samples), dripping, milk (2
samples) eggs, pears, apples, plums, sausages, canned meat, bacon, lettuce (2 samples) and
potatoes.
The Association of Public Analysts in its Annual Report for 1967 has pointed out that the use
of newer instrumental techniques has enabled Analysts to detect minute traces of pesticide far
below the level which would normally be considered objectionable. Such techniques are capable of
detecting one part of certain insecticides in one thousand million parts of a food stuff. As in the
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