[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham] page 18

Dagenham 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table: Adulterated Samples, etc.— contd.

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Adulterated Samples, etc.— contd.

Serial No.	Article.	Formal or Informal	Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity.	Observations.
650	Milk	Formal	3% added water.	Vendor warned.
671	Pork Sausages	Formal	Contained a small percentage of soya bean product.	Vendor warned.
693	Ginger	Formal	Contained excess of mineral matter, viz. 14.4%. 8.4% beyond the recognised limit of 6%.	Vendors warned.
733	Mustard	Formal	Capable of yielding only 0.14% of allyl isothiocyanate and therefore consisted very largely of white mustard instead of a mixture of brown and white mustard yielding at least 0.35% of allyl isothiocyanate.	Vendors warned. (Remainder of stock voluntarily surrendered.)
736	Malt Vinegar	Formal	Consisted of bacterial slime. It was full acid strength.	Vendors warned.
776	Pork Sausages	Formal	Deficient in meat content to extent of 18% of the requirements, viz. 50%.	Vendor warned.
832	Baking Powder	Formal	26% deficient in available carbon dioxide.	Vendor warned.
855	Chocolate Semolina Pudding	Formal	In accord with the description of Pudding, but no statement of weight and ingredients appeared on wrapper as required by Labelling of Food Order (No. 2) 1944.	Vendor warned.
279A	Yorkshire Pudding Mixture	Informal	0.21% deficient in available carbon dioxide.	Vendor warned.
295A	Egg Substitute	Informal	5.7% deficient in available carbon dioxide.	Vendor warned. (Remainder of old stock voluntarily surrendered).