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Nature of Unsatisfactory Sample Remarks
Serial No. 5585
(n) Milk Bottle
Composition: The interior surface of the
bottle showed numerous small dark coloured
mould growths.
Investigated. Warning letter to bottlers.
Serial No. 5601
(n) Milk
Composition: The internal surface of the
bottle was soiled by an adherent film in
which mould and algae had grown. Two small
fragments were loose in the milk.
Investigated. Warning letter to bottlers.
Serial No. 5599
(n) Milk
Composition: Three pupae of a phorid fly
were attached to the inner surface of the
glass of the bottle.
Investigated. Warning letter to bottlers.
Serial No. 5677
(o) Evaporated Milk F.C.
Composition: The milk had deteriorated due
to a small hole in the can.
Investigated. Warning letter to vendors.
Serial No. 5724
(c) Butter
Composition: One of three half pound
blocks of butter, showed signs of incipient rancidity.
Investigated. Warning letter to vendors.
Serial No. 5630
(e) Cheese
Composition: A house-fly was found to be
embedded in the cheese.
of exporting country notified.
Investigated. Warning letter to vendors. Embassy
Serial No. 5647
(y) Peas
Composition: The slug associated with the
peas was 26 mm. long, and of the species
Agriulnax Reticulatus which is a widely
distributed species and known to feed on a
variety of plants.
Investigated. Warning letter to processors.
Serial No. 5740
(y) Peas
Composition: The snail associated with the
peas was 9 mm. in diameter and 6 mm. in
thickness, and could have been graded as a
pea.
Investigated. Warning letter to processors,
Serial No. 5586
(r) Mixed Salad
Composition: The salad contained four
glass fragments, the largest being 3 by
3 mm.
Investigated. Warning letter to importer. Embassy of exporting country notified.
Serial No. 5598
(k) Flour
Composition: The flour contained a larva
of the Codling Moth and a human hair.
Investigated, No further action.
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