Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Table No. 18
FOOD SAMPLES REPORTED NOT TO BE GENUINE
Sample No. | Food | Adulteration or Labelling Offence | Action Taken |
---|---|---|---|
5666 | Minced Steak | Contained 12 milligrams Ascorbic Acid. | Warning letter. |
5667 | Minced Beef | Contained 210 parts per million Sulphur Dioxide. | Warning letter. |
5670 | Minced Meat | Contained blackish foreign matter of ferrous metal and quartz sand. | Warning letter. |
5671 | Minced Meat | Contained blackish foreign matter of ferrous iron and quartz sand. | Warning letter. |
5677 | Beef Sausage | Contained 250 parts per million Sulphur Dioxide. | Warning letter. |
5691 | Beef Sausage | Contained 260 parts per million Sulphur Dioxide. | Warning letter. |
5694 | Chopped Pork | Low meat content. | Warning letter to . manufacturer. |
5713 | Hamburger | Low meat content. | Verbal warning to manufacturer. |
5758 | Brown Ale | Contaminated with paraffin. | Warning letter to brewers. |
5767 | Butter | Mould growth. | Legal action. Conditional discharge £5.5.0 costs. |
5776 | Pork Luncheon Meat | Presence of iron and tin sulphides. | Verbal warning to retailer. |
5777 | J un ior Flan Cases | Mouldy. | Verbal warning to retailer. |
5806 | Ice Cream Comet | Burnt or charred fragments. | Warning letter to wholesaler. |
5821 | Stewed Steak in Gravy | Deficient in meat content. | Letter to Food Standards Committee. |
5837 | Pork Sausage | Deficient in meat content. | Warning letter to manufacturer. |
5845 | Beef Sausage | Excessive Sulphur Dioxide. | Warning letter to manufacturer. |