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Edmonton 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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FOOD SAMPLING
The report of the Chief Officer, Public Control Department, Middlesex
County Council, on the work carried out in Edmonton during the year 1958 is as
follows:-
Samples procured in the Borough of Edmonton during the year 1958:
| Article | Total Samples Procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (New) | 39 | 1 |
| Milk (Various) | 109 | 3 |
| Butter | 14 | - |
| Cakes | 14 | - |
| Cooked Meat | 17 | - |
| Cream | 11 | - |
| Cheese | 8 | 2 |
| Drugs | 22 | - |
| Fish and Fish Products | 18 | - |
| Fruit - Canned, Dried, etc. | 6 | - |
| Fruit Squash | 5 | 1 |
| Ice Cream | 6 | - |
| Liver | 10 | - |
| Margarine | 5 | – |
| Meat and Meat Products | 50 | 1 |
| Non-Brewed Condiment | 5 | 2 |
| Preserves | 4 | - |
| Sausages, Sausage Meat, etc. | 13 | - |
| Spirits | 9 | - |
| Vinegar | 15 | - |
| Miscellaneous | 23 | - |
| Totals: | 403 | 10 |
Milk
One sample of new milk was found to be slightly deficient in milk
fat. This sample was taken from one churn forming part of a delivery of new
milk consigned by a farmer to a milk processor in your district; the average
composition of the whole consignment was satisfactory and no further action
was taken. Three 1/3 pint bottles of school milk were found to be slightly
deficient in milk fat. Two of these had been sold by one supplier and the
third by a second supplier. In each case other 1/3 pint bottles of milk from
the same deliveries were found to be satisfactory and no further action was
taken.
Cheese
A retailer supplied Blue Vein cheese in response to a request for
Gorgonzola cheese; the manager of the shop concerned was severely cautioned.
A box of assorted processed cheeses was found to contain a different assortment
from that described on the label on the outside of the carton. A letter
of caution was sent to the manufacturers who undertook to amend suitably all
the labels on the large stock of this food which they held ready for distribution.
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