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Sugar - contained an admixture of approximately
14$ of potash alum.
Bread - contained a piece of dirty dough.
Beer - contained an excessive amount of load
contamination.
Salad Contravened Food Standards (Salad Cream
Cream - and Mayonnaise) Order,1945, i.e.,
contained 22$ by weight of oil instead
of required 25$.
Cocktail
Tonic - contravened Section 4 (iv) of the Food
labelling Order,1946, i.e., found to be
a non-alcoholic preparation and no
appreciable quantity of fruit or
vegetable juice present.
In each instance appropriate action was taken.
ICE CREAM SAMPLES - CHEMICAL EXAMINATION. There were
53 samples of ice cream analysed. It is gratifying to report
that the improvement in the quality continues.
Total Solids. Fat.
Average sample contained 31.42% 8.86%
Highest quality sample contained 37.90% 15.25$
Lowest quality sample contained 24.60% 2.90%
The above figures support the argument expressed so
frequently by you for a much higher fat content in all ice
cream retailed.
ICE CREAM SAMPLING - BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION. 105
samples of ice cream were bacteriologically examined. It is also
the practice to submit these samples to the Ministry of Health
Provisional Mothylene Blue Reduction Test for which the following
results were obtained:-
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
Bacteriological Examination: 84 21
Grades I & II Grades III & IV.
Ministry of Health Provisional
Mothylene Blue Reduction Test: 86 19
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