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Sample
No.
244
49
429
509
428
500
508
583
585
587
584
586
588
Sample
Malt
Vinegar
Paraffin,
liquid
Beef, Salt
boiled
Beef. Salt
boiled
Brine
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Meat from
Brine
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Adulteration or
Deficiency.
Contained 0.7% of added
salt which is not a natural
ingredient of malt
vinegar.
Odour and taste nauseating.
Contained zinc 90 parts per
million.
Contaminated with lead.
Contained zinc 25 parts per
million.
Contained zinc 20 parts per
million.
Contaminated with lead.
Contained zinc 130 parts
per million.
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Remarks.
The addition of salt is permitted
by the Ministry of
Food.
This sample was submitted
by a private consumer.
On enquiry it was found
that the whole of the
stock of which the
sample formed a part
had been sold. No other
complaints were received
and a subsequent sample
taken from the same
source of supply was
genuine.
See report below.
Recently the pre-war practice of "pickling" meat in a solution
of brine has re-commenced. It was found that galvanised iron
containers were being used by some butchers for this purpose;
the above-mentioned results representing part of an investigation
which has been carried out. As a result of this investigation a
communication was sent to the National Federation of Meat
Traders' Associations recommending that this form of container
be not used. Local butchers have been visited, and this type of
container is now no longer used.