[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch] page 33

Hornchurch 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]

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Table: LIST 'D'FOOD COMPLAINTS WHERE ANALYSIS WAS NOT REQUIRED

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LIST 'D'

FOOD COMPLAINTS WHERE ANALYSIS WAS NOT REQUIRED

Complaint	Action taken
Bread containing oily dough.	Bakery informed. No further action. Discolouration due to vegetable oil.
Cake contained a maggot.	Bakery informed. Identified as larvae of Australian spider beetle a pest of stored food products. Warning to take precautions to prevent recurrence.
Beef sausages affected with mould.	Vendors prosecuted. Fined £10.
Glass in milk bottle.	Warning letter to dairy.
Pork brawn contained fragments of hair probably part of a pig's eyelid.	Warning letter to manufacturer.
Crumpets affected with mould.	Bakery informed. No further action in view of time lag between purchase and finding of mould.
Chocolate cake alleged to be rancid.	Vendor informed and instructed as to stock rotation.
Bread contained part of a needle similar to type used on bag mending machine in flour mills.	Warning letter to bakery.
Sliced beetroot alleged to taste of paraffin.	Investigation made but no evidence of any possible source of contamination found.
Tin of corned beef contained darkish areas.	Examined bacteriologically—no pathogenic organisms found. Darkish areas apparently a pigment absorbed on to the meat fibres.
Sultanas contained maggots.	Identified as the larvae of the dried currant moth. Probably present when exported from Australia. Vendor informed.
Tin of corned beef with slight decomposition.	Probably defect in tin occurred during transport. Importers informed.
Bread affected with mould.	Evidence inconclusive. Bakery informed.