[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst] page 68

Chislehurst 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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Q.36	Currants	do.	Sugar crystallisation and fermentation — unfit for use.	Stock withdrawn from sale.
R.80	Stewed Steak (Tinned)	do.	Meat tainted.	Matters drawn to attention of manufacturer.
R.3	Milk (Pasteurised)	do.	Milk contained darkish bodies consisting of milk films permeated by mould hyphæ.	Dairy Company prosecuted. Fined £15 with £5 5s. costs.
R.91	Milk (Channel Islands) (Pasteurised)	do.	Mould in milk and film on bottle.	Dairy Company prosecuted. Fined £25 and £10 10s. costs.
S.12	Milk (Pasteurised)	do.	Contained small lump of calcoreous matter.	Referred to Local Authority in whose area the bottling plant is situated.
R.79	Peach Jam	Formal	Contains 67.8% soluble solids with probable fruit content not more than 35% (low).	Further sample satisfactory.
R.63	Dried Peas	do.	7% of peas showed signs of insect attack.	Stock withdrawn from sale.
R.18	Sausages, Beef	do.	Meat content 50% of which 28% was fat. Proportion of fat too high and meat content borderline.	There is no legal standard for sausages. Further sample from same source was satisfactory.
Q.35	Cream Soda Mineral Water	Informal	Odour due to sulphuretted hydrogen (H₂S). Derived from stopper.	Manufacturers now use new type of stopper in more stable material.
R.81	Rivella Health Drink	do.	The description "lactoserum" is neither a dictionary nor a scientific word. Makers have agreed to substitute term "depro-teinised whey."	Further sample to be taken.
S.76	Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce and Cheese	do.	Contained fly which had been cooked.	No action.
S.20	Vegetable Marrow	do.	Intensely bitter. A rare natural habit of the marrow plant.	No further fruits from plant sold.