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The food condemned was as follows:—
Apricot pulp 22 lb. Meat and poultry 149 pkts.
Bacon ½lb. Meat and poultry pies 64 pkts.
Beef 184 lb. Milk powder 28 lb.
Biscuits 842 lb. Pork 50 lb.
Cheese 17 lb. Pastry 30 pkts.
Chips 27 pkts. Poultry 45 pkts.
Confectionery 98 pkts. Shell fish 35 lb.
Fish 308 lb. Sauce 1 bot.
Fish 712 pkts. Preserves 14 jars
Fishpaste 1 jar Tinned cereal 1 tin
Flour 53 lb. Tinned fish 16 tins
Fruit 140 pkts. Tinned cream 1 tin
Gherkins 20 jars Tinned fruit 245 tins
Ground almonds 4 lb. Tinned meat 55 tins
Honey 4 jars Tinned milk 3 tins
Kidneys 483 lb. Tinned preserves 3 tins
Meat 75 lb. Tinned vegetables 49 tins
Meat 85 pkts. Vegetables 907 pkts.
Condemnation Certificates issued—97.
Milk Sampling
Samples of milk submitted to chemical analysis totalled 66 and all proved
to be genuine. The samples gave the following averages:—
Fat—3.51% (standard 3.0%)
Solids not fat—8.81% (standard 8.5%)
Sixty-six samples of pasteurised milk were submitted to the phosphatase
and methylene blue tests and all satisfied the tests.
Ice-Cream
There are no manufacturers in the district, but premises are registered for
the sale of ice-cream, the shopkeepers obtaining their supplies from well-known
manufacturers. In the great majority of cases the ice-cream is delivered to the
premises and sold in cartons or wrapped.
Twelve samples of ice-cream were taken and submitted to the methylene
blue test with the following results:—
Grade 1—11 Grade 2—1
In no case was ice-cream found to be stored at a temperature exceeding
28° Fahrenheit.
Slaughterhouses
There are no slaughterhouses in the district.
Adulteration
Kent County Council Sampling Officers took 126 samples of various foods
and drugs in the district as follows:—