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SECTION E
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD AND FOOD
PREMISES.
Food and Drugs Administration.
In the following statistics the figures for the previous year are given
In brackets.
322(308) samples were taken during the year of which 314 (300) were
found to be genuine (List A) and 8 (8) to be sub-standard (List B).
17(21) food complaints were referred to the Public Analysts (T .1st C)
and 17(22) food complaints were dealt with Informally (List D).
The accompanying lists (A and B) Indicate the wide variety of food
and drugs actually sampled.
I would express my indebtedness to the Public Analysts, Dr. J.
Hubert Hamence, M. Sc., Ph. D., F. R. I. C. and Mr. Philip Sydney Hall,
B. Sc., F. R.I. C., for their helpful and ready advice in the many difficulties
which necessarily crop up in this highly specialised branch of
our work.