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(c) Adulteration of Food. Food and Drugs Act, 1955.
The following table summarises the 216 samples taken during the year.
Formal
Informal
Milk
1
1
Soups, Meat Extracts
1
9
Pastes, Potted Meat
-
7
Pudding or Cake Mixture, Flour, etc.
2
8
Jellies, Custard Powders, etc
1
6
Sausages, Sausage Meat, etc
5
4
Condiments, Sauces, Pickles, Spices,etc. —
and Pure Coffee, Coffee Extracts, Coffee
-
26
Chicory
2
2
Meat Pies and Puddings
1
7
Sweets and Confectionery
2
6
Essences
-
3
Butter and Fats
5
5
Minerals
3
5
Vegetables
-
14
Fruit
-
2
Preserves
5
13
Condensed and Evaporated Milks
-
1
Ground Almonds
2
-
Cream
1
6
Dried Fruit
-
3
Cheese Food
2
2
Cakes
1
3
Biscuits
2
2
Tinned Meat
-
10
Fish
-
8
Almond Marzipan
-
1
Tea
1
2
Dried Yeast
-
1
Lemonade powder
1
-
Nut Oil
1
1
Desiccated Coconut
-
2
Patent medicines
1
1
Mix-a-shake
-
2
Lemon Juice
1
1
Sago
-
1
Rice Pudding
-
1
Demerara Sugar
1
-
Glucose
1
-
Gin ...
1
-
Drinking Chocolate
1
-
Scotch Egg
-
1
Carraway Seeds
-
1
Meatendra
-
1
Coffee Spread
-
1
Kool-ah
-
1
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