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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
Barking 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Food Hygiene (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulation
The Council were concerned at the delay in implementing the
coming into operation of Regulation 7 of the Food Hygiene Regulations,
1956, and pressed the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food to implement the regulation prohibiting the peeling of onions
at the homes of outworkers.
Barking is an area where onion peeling is carried out in 60
premises.
FOOD SAMPLES REPORTED NOT TO BE GENUINE
| Sample No. | Food | Adulteration or Labelling Offence | Action Taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4160 | Cheese, Ham and Onion Spread | Contained a slight excess of moisture and 16% deficient in fat. | Warning letter sent to manufacturers |
| 4162 | |||
| 4178 | Meat Pie | Contained a small mould growth | Warning given to manufacturer and retailer |
| 4214 | Bread | Whitish patches due to the presence of calcium acid phosphate | No led the manufacturer to improve method of mixing |
| 4227 | Chocolate Flavour | Unsatisfactory labeling of the product | Manufacturers issued new labels to distributors |
| 4228 | Milk in opened bottle | Contained coloured specks - substantially of greenish mould or algar growth | Warning to milk betting com- pany |
| 4229 | Bread | Microscopic examination of this blackish foreign matter revealed that it consisted essentially of dough mixed with dirty oil or fat. The oil or fat was found to consist of edible oil or fat free from mineral oil | Warning letter sent to the ufacturers |
| 4331 | Cream Soda | Contained small areas of mould growth | Warning to manufacturers |
| 4330 | Cream Soda | Chemical examination of the cream soda for sulphurated hydrogen showed that traces present were less than 0.05 part per million | Discussed with manufacturers the possible use of plastic stoppers. |
| 4345 | Jelly Babies | Microscopic examination showed the whitish encrustation consisted of a mould growth. | Legal proceedings instituted against whole-saler Fined £10. |
| 4346 |
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