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Enfield 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955
The following table gives details of the samples of foods and drugs procured under the above Act in Enfield by the Food and Drugs Authority during 1957:—
| Article. | Total samples procured. | Unsatisfactory. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 79 | — |
| Milk (new) | 176 | 45 |
| Beer | 2 | — |
| Butter | 24 | — |
| Cakes, etc. | 25 | 1 |
| Cheese | 8 | — |
| Cooked meat | 14 | — |
| Cream | 12 | — |
| Drugs | 7 | — |
| Fish and Fish Products | 11 | — |
| Fruit, canned and Fresh | 3 | 2 |
| Fruit juice etc. | 9 | — |
| Ice cream | 16 | 4 |
| Iodine | 6 | — |
| Margarine | 3 | — |
| Meat and Meat Products | 33 | — |
| Non-brewed Condiment | 2 | — |
| Preserves | 3 | — |
| Liver | 2 | — |
| Sausages | 11 | — |
| Spirits | 9 | — |
| Sweets | 4 | — |
| Vinegar | 35 | 6 |
| Miscellaneous | 14 | — |
| Totals: | 508 | 58 |
With regard to the 58 samples noted as unsatisfactory, the
following comments are made:
Milk. The 45 samples of new milk which were unsatisfactory
were taken from three different dairy farmers. Three of these
samples (from one producer) were found to be deficient both in
milk fat and solids-not-fat. There was no evidence of any added