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on sale. It was also consequential that there should be a Labelling Order,
to prevent exaggerated claims being made for the pre-packed article.
This is particularly true in respect of food substitutes, and the supply
of foods containing vitamins and minerals.
Whilst, therefore, it ceases to be necessary to make such frequent
chemical analyses of pasteurised milk because of the rationalisation of
that industry, there is developing a wider range of foodstuffs for which
standards have been prescribed, or which contain materials requiring
an analytical check.
It is also important to add that a further fundamental change is that
most examinations are no longer carried out to expose an unscrupulous
trader but rather to maintain standards prescribed.
As an illustration of the importance of standards, it is interesting
to note it is estimated that some 70 million gallons of ice-cream and
consumed in this country annually, which means an average of 1.4 gallons
per head. Again we find that 1 gallon of ice-cream should weigh not less
than 5½ lbs.
The nutritionists have estimated upon this basis a person taking an
average of 10 grams of ice-cream per day gets no significant nutritional
value, but this would not be true in respect of children who consumer
frequently 150 to 200 grams per day and receive about 15 per cent. of
each of two vitally important nutrients to say nothing about 6 per cent
of his (or her) energy needs.
The weight of the usual portion of ice-cream purchased is about 50
grams.
ICE-CREAM—CHEMICAL EXAMINATION

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