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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

Ealing 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Table: Table 14legal proceedings under the food and drugs act and regulations made underthe actThe following table gives details of prosecutions in cases involving the sale of unsound food, food articles containing foreign bodies, the use of dirty milk bottles, and of the use of food premises in contravention of the Food Hygiene Regulations.

Table 14

legal proceedings under the food and drugs act and regulations made under

the act

The following table gives details of prosecutions in cases involving the sale of unsound food, food articles containing foreign bodies, the use of dirty milk bottles, and of the use of food premises in contravention of the Food Hygiene Regulations.

OffenceResult
Mould in steak and kidney pieFined £30, costs £15 15s.
Dust and dirt in milkFined £5, costs £5 5s.
Nail in breadFined £5, no costs.
Mould in steak and kidney pieFined £10, costs £5 5s.
Metal bolt in ground almondsAbsolute discharge after plea of guilty.
Metal tag in steak and kidney pieFined £5, costs £3 3s.
Brass rivet in breadFined £5, costs £3 3s.
Algae growth in milkFined £10, costs £5 5s.
Foreign body in ice creamFined £10, costs £5 5s.
Maggots in baconFined £15, costs £3 3s.
Mould in pork pieFined £20, costs £5 5s.
Nail in breadFined £20, costs £5 5s.
Dirty milk bottleFined £10, costs £10 10s.
Ball-point pens in beerAbsolute discharge. Defendant ordered to pay £21 costs.
Decomposing bacon containing larvaCase dismissed. Council ordered to pay £10 10s. costs.
Bacon joint containing maggotsFined £10, costs £5 5s.
Cigarette end in bread rollFined £20, costs £6 6s.
Bread containing bird excreta and feathersFined £10, costs £6 6s.
Dirty milk bottleFined £20, costs £6 6s.
Tea containing insectFined £5, costs £5 5s.
Contraventions of Food Hygiene Regulations at 46, Manor Road, W.13 (8 summonses)Fined £80, costs £10 10s.
Contraventions of Food Hygiene Regulations at 31, Greenford Avenue, W.7 (7 summonses)Fined £130, costs £22 1s.