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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Food.
The following samples of food were submitted
for examination and analysis during the year :—
New Zealand Spray Process Milk Powder—reported
to contain 2.4 acidity as Lactic Acid: The acidity was
too high and on this account likely to have been unsatisfactory
in use.
Complaint was received regarding gravy cubes.
The Analyst reported that they contained small white
living maggots and were unfit for food. The stock was
eventually withdrawn from sale.
One sample of powdered potato was submitted
for analysis. The packet Was old and discoloured,
stained on the base and appeared to have been wet and
dried out. The contents had a yellowish colour and'
although the contents of the packet could not be condemned,
it was obviously from very old stock.
One sample of a preparation sold as salad cream
was found to be unfit for food. The product was not
a salad cream and should not have been so labelled.
The oil in the preparation was rancid and the acid from
the vinegar had acted upon the metal cover o;f the jar.
All the stock in the district was surrendered.
One sample of Macaroni with Tomato Sauce was
found to be free from poisonous metal^.
Complaint was received that a cake containing
cake and bun mixture had an unpleasant taste. The
Analyst suggested that insufficient flour had been added
thus giving too high a proportion of the cake and bun
mixture which was equivalent to the use of a large excess
of baking powder and as a consequence caused high
alkalinity and nauseating taste.
One sample of Sandwich Spread was found to be
free from arsenic and injurious metals and their compounds,
and fit for food.
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