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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 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]

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Table: Legal Proceedings(continued)

Legal Proceedings(continued)

1. 7.68Sale of loaf containing piece of cloth£40 £15.15s.0d. costs
10. 7.68 15. 7.68Sale of mouldy rolls Sale of sausage roll containing pin£10 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs £25 £ 5. 0s.0d. costs
21. 8.68Sale of cake containing metal staple£10 £10.10s.0d. costs
23. 8.68Sale of milk in dirty milk bottle£20 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs
18. 9.68Sale of meringues containing beetle£10 £10.10s.0d. costs
23.10.68Sale of milk in bottle containing hairclip£10 £10.10s.0d. costs
28.10.68Sale of milk in dirty bottle£10 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs
28.10.68Sale of meringue containing piece of glass£30 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs
28.10.68Sale of loaf containing piece of metal foil£30 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs
4.11.68Sale of mouldy apple slice£10 £ 7. 7s.0d. costs
11.11.68Channel Islands milk deficient in fatConditional discharge £10.1 Os.Od. costs
20.11.68Sale of mouldy beef steak and kidney pie£20 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs
25.11.68Sale of rye loaf containing a rivet£5 £ 2. Os.Od. costs
25.11.68Sale of loaf in mouldy condition£2 £ 2. Os.Od. costs
9.12.68Sale of mince containing preservative£35 £14.14s.0d. costs
9.12.68Sale of mince containing preservative£20 £14.14s.0d. costs

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National Pesticide Survey
During the year an interim report was issued on the operation of the National Scheme to
determine the extent of pesticide residues in foodstuffs sold in England and Wales. The
period covered by the report was 1st August 1966 — 31st July 1967. In the first year the
sampling work involved was shared by 233 authorities and the scheme was so designed that
the results would be capable of statistical examination. It was pointed out in the report
that it was important to realise that it was only an interim one covering only the results
obtained in the first year and before it had been possible to make any statistical examination.
Attention was also drawn to the fact that there is always the possibility that the
pattern of results may change materially from one year to the next and that there can thus
be no finality in this kind of investigation.
The report said that "the results for the first year indicate that there is no evidence
of contamination sufficiently serious to be of significance to public health in the short
term. None of the samples revealed gross contamination. In setting up the scheme the
Association of Public Analysts had in mind the possibility of samples being contaminated
sufficiently to justify follow-up enquiries regarding specific batches or sources of food.
In fact, only one or two of the samples analysed have been found to indicate the need for
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