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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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ANALYSIS OF PROSECUTIONS UNDER FOOD AND DRUGS ACT,
1955 AND FOOD HYGIENE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 1960.
OFFENCE
RESULT
Selling rolls with margarine instead Fined £5.
of buttered rolls.
Cream split containing imitation Case dismissed
cream instead of real cream.
One sample of Gin containing added Fined £20.
water.
One sample of Mild Beer Conditional discharge for 1 year and
containing added water. ordered to pay costs.
Carton of Yoghurt containing mould. Fined £20.
Meat pie unfit for human consumption. Fined £10.
Loaf of bread containing a cigarette Fined £10.
end.
Eggs incorrectly labelled. Fined £10.
Bottled milk containing foreign Fined £15 in each case.
matter (2 cases).
Unsound chocolate cake. Fined £10.
Sausages unfit for human consumption. Fined £25.
Two cases of smoking whilst handling Fined £10 in each case.
open food.
Open food not being stored 18' off the Fined £10.
the ground.