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Fish Shops, Coffee Shops and Ice-cream Shops are also kept under
supervision, a total of 134 visits being made.
Unsound Food.
The following is a list of food which has been surrendered by the retailer
and found to be unsound:—
2 bags of winkles. 6 boxes of haddock.
1 box of codfish. 1 box of roker.
1 box of halibut. 1 box of herrings.
17 crabs. 10 boxes of tomatoes.
82 pomegranates. 2 boats of cherry plums.
50 lbs. of apples. 77 boxes of confectionery.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
Middlesex County is the Authority under these Acts, and the following
particulars given me by the Chief Officer of the Public Control Deparment
relate to goods purchased in Edmonton during 1928:—
No. of Samples Found to be
taken. Adulterated.
Milk 216 11
Arrowroot 1 —
Bacon 3 —
Butter 6 -
Cake 16 1
Cinnamon 1 -
Linseed 1 -
Meat 13 -
Minced Beef 1 —
Mustard 1 -
Pepper 2 -
Sausages 12 -
Sponge Cakes 1 —
Whisky 2 -
The figures given for adulterated samples include some adulterated informal
samples in respect of which no proceedings could be taken.
Number of prosecutions 2
Number of convictions 2
Fines and costs imposed £2 14s. 0d.
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