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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Food and Drugs - Sampling (continued)
| Article | Number examined | Number Adulterated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |||||
| Sausage Rolls | — | 3 | — | 2 | ||||
| Saveloys | - | 1 | - | - | ||||
| Scotch Pancakes | - | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| Soups | - | 3 | - | - | ||||
| Spaghetti in Tomato and Cheese Sauce | — | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Starch Reduced Rolls | - | 2 | - | - | ||||
| Sugar | - | 1 | - | - | ||||
| Sweets | 1 | 6 | - | - | ||||
| Uncooked prepared Foods | — | 2 | - | - | ||||
| Vegetables - Dried | — | 2 | - | — | ||||
| Vegetables - Fresh | — | 4 | — | — | ||||
| Vegetables - Tinned | – | 2 | - | - | ||||
| Yoghurt | – | 3 | — | — | ||||
| Serial No. | Article | Formal or Informal | Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity | Observations | ||||
| 22A | French Loaf | Informal | Contained rodent excreta | Warning letter to manufacturers. Witness unwilling to go to Court. | ||||
| 23A | Sausage Rolls | Informal | Patches of greenish mould growth on filling of one sausage roll. | Warning letter to distributor | ||||
| 39A | Milk Bottle | Informal | Bottle of milk found to contain sand. | Legal proceedings Fined £10 and 5 gns. costs. | ||||
| 40A | Continental Cut Loaf | Informal | Contained remains of a house fly. | Legal proceedings Fined £10 and 3 gns costs. | ||||
| 41A ) 42A ) 43A ) | Pressed Ham (Tinned) | Informal | Contents showed presence of brownish discoloration where it had been in contact with the seams of the can. | Withdrawn from stock and destroyed. | ||||
| 64a | Bread | Informal | Metal screw in loaf. | Legal proceedings Fined £10 and 3 gns costs. | ||||
| 70A | Cola and Rum | Informal | Proof Spirit 1 per cent Content of alcohol low. | Letter to Manufacturer. Label to be amended | ||||