[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham] page 19

Dagenham 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table: Adulterated Samples, etc.

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Adulterated Samples, etc.

Serial Number.	Article.	Formal or Informal.	Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity.	Observations.
148	Spaghetti	Formal	Contained 1.6% fine dust including dead mites, a few living mites, fibres and miscellaneous debris.	Vendor warned. Withdrawn from sale.
151	Beer (Burton)	Formal	A little low in original gravity.	Vendor warned.
50	Rum	Formal	3% added water.	Vendor warned.
68	Bread and Butter	Formal	The fat in this sample consisted of margarine.	Referred to Food Executive Officer at whose request sample was taken.
82	Pork Sausages	Formal	Contained 140 pans per million of sulphur dioxide (undeclared).	Vendor warned.
183	Chopped Suet	Formal	Contained excess of cereal filler, viz., 28 per cent. 11 per cent, beyond the recognised limit of 17.	Vendor warned.
308	Egg Substitute Powder	Formal	43% deficient in available Carbon Dioxide.	Vendor warned. Withdrawn from sale.
239a	Ice Blanc Mange	Informal	Consisted of a coloured and flavoured wheaten flour preparation, sweetened with sugars and saccharin and was therefore a food as defined in the Manufactured Pre-packed Foods Control Order thus requiring a licence for its sale.	Referred to Food Executive Officer at whose request sample was taken.
307	Mustard Mixture	Formal	Out of condition having a poor flavour and containing dead mites.	Vendor warned. Withdrawn from sale.