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Of the above mentioned samples, four were reported as being
unsatisfactory. Two of these were soups, the labelling of which was
considered to be misleading. These soups were imported products and
the list of ingredients given on the label—in each case—was not
arranged as required by the Labelling of Food Order. In each case
also a soup prepared in accordance with the instructions on the label
would have contained only approximately 2 per cent of lean chicken
meat extractives and in the opinion of the Public Analyst was very
poor for an article described as " Chicken Soup
The matter was brought to the notice of the importers and eventually
the manufacturers agreed to the reprinting of the label.
The third sample was a milk loaf. This loaf contained 0.7 per cent
of non-fatty milk solids which was considered to be only one-sixth of
the amount proper to milk bread. Whilst there is no legal standard
for this type of bread the description, composition, labelling and
advertising of bread containing milk ingredients was considered by the
Food Standards Committee in the autumn of 1959 and recommendations
were made after hearing evidence from interested organisations.
The recommendations received wide publicity in trade journals and
it was felt that local bakers must have been aware of them and that a
loaf containing such a small percentage of non-fatty milk solids was
in fact a very poor article.
The Council therefore authorised the sending of a letter to the
manufacturers of all milk bread sold in the district drawing their
attention to the recommendation of the Food Standards Committee.
The fourth sample was a chocolate drink of the type sold by dairy
companies which was found to contain a small portion of mould
when opened. It appeared that the cork liner of the crown cap was
faulty and this had resulted in air entering the bottle after sterilisation.
In addition to these unsatisfactory samples complaints were also
received during the year concerning a number of foodstuffs which
were not in a sound state when purchased or which contained foreign
bodies.
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