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29
Article
No. of'
samples
Unsatisfactory
Minced meat
44
2
Non-brewed condiment
2
-
Pears
1
-
Sausages
34
-
Scotch oats
1
-
Shandy drink
1
-
Soups
4
-
Suet
1
-
Sweets
13
-
T omatoes
1
-
Tripe
1
-
Vinegar
32
-
Wines and spirits
29
-
Yoghourt
2
-
Totals
710
7
Five retailers were responsible for the seven samples found to be unsatisfactory—two were prosecuted,
two were officially cautioned, and no decision had been reached at the end of the year on the action
to be taken in the remaining case.
The three unsatisfactory samples of chocolate drink included two flavoured and sweetened skimmed
milk, and one chocolate flavoured. The firm who sold the first two was prosecuted and fined £10 with 10
guineas costs, and action in the other case was still under consideration at the end of the year.
The butcher who sold the two unsatisfactory samples of minced meat containing a prohibited preservative
was fined £5 and £1.15 costs.
Official cautions were issued to the bakers of the cream fancy cake, the filling of which was deficient
in butter fat; and to the manufacturers of the sweets described as "milk drops", which contained only
skimmed milk.
Merchandise Marks Acts, 1887-1926
1,544 displays of articles were examined under the Merchandise Marks Acts, 1887-1926, and several
infringements were detected, 5 of which were sufficiently serious to warrant action. Official cautions were
issued to a firm of butchers and their shop manager f'or displaying Irish Turkeys and failing to mark their
origin (the manager was unaware of the provisions of the Acts and had removed the identification discs).
Three greengrocers were prosecuted; one displayed Guernsey tomatoes without indicating their
origin, another falsely described Dutch tomatoes as English and displayed imported tomatoes and apples
without indicating their origin, and the third displayed imported tomatoes and apples without indicating
their origin. The fines and costs were £1 and one guinea; £30 and 6 guineas; and £2 and one guinea.
Four summonses were issued against a butcher for failing to indicate the origin of imported meat
and for falsely describing New Zealand lamb as English. He was fined £10 and 3 guineas costs.
Labelling of Food Order, 1953
696 articles of food were examined under the Labelling of Food Order, 1953, but no substantial
infringements were discovered.
Milk and Dairies
Milk sales are regulated by the Food and Drugs Act, 1938 to 1950, and the Milk and Dairies
Regulations, 1949, made under sections 20 and 92 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938. As Willesden is a
specified area, all milk sold by retail has been sterilised, pasteurised, or tuberculin tested; the sale of raw
milk has been prohibited since October, 1951.
On October 1st, 1954, the provisions of paragraph 7 of Second Schedule to the Milk (Special
Designations) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, came into force. This restricts the
bottling of milk to the three premises in the borough where the milk is pasteurised.
Dairies—Registration and Licences
Premises in Willesden 113
Dairymen 88
Licenses issued
Pasteurised milk 90
Sterilised milk 106
Tuberculin tested milk 74
Premises outside Willesden 12
Dairymen 6
Licenses issued
Pasteurised milk 12
Sterilised milk 12
Tuberculin tested milk 12