[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley] page 109

Bromley 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Nature of Unsatisfactory Sample		Remarks
	Serial No. 2619
(e)	Butter Composition: Contained a piece of paper 2" x 1 1/4" which was part of a roll of brown paper treated on one surface with a material which rendered it waterproof.	Warning letter to packers, after investigation.
	Serial No. 2568
(f)	Pineapple Chunks Composition: The interior of the can showed etching and discoloration.	Matter drawn to the attention of Importers and the South African Trade Department.
	Serial No. 2598
(f)	Pineapple Juice Composition: The top and bottom portion of the can were coated externally with aluminium paint. This material had to some extent become detached in opening the can and 3.5 mg. of aluminium was found in the juice. The interior of the can showed extensive attack of the tin coating but in view of the can having been opened some time before examination the significance of this could not be assessed.	Warning letter to Importers and South African Embassy notified.
	Serial No. 2728
(g)	Mixed Dried Fruit Composition: Contained insect fragments which were those of a wasp, Vespa Ger-manica, a very widespread species.	Warning letter to packers, after investigation.
	Serial No. 2756
(h)	Eccles Cake Composition: These cakes were more in the nature of Banbury rather than Eccles cakes in that they contained a spiced mince meat filling as opposed to the generally accepted currant and brown sugar filling of Eccles cakes. It is, however, interesting to note that Laws Grocers Manual refers to Eccles cake as being "very like Banbury Cakes" so the line of demarcation may in practice be somewhat arbitrary.	Correspondence with Manufacturer and Analyst. Analyst advises no further action.
	Serial No. 2694
(i)	Breakfast Oats Composition: Associated with the sample was a ferrous metal strand, 1.1" long, which had the appearance of a metal turning.	Manufacturer warned after full investigation.