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source of some anxiety to the Department. In some directions
we are handicapped in the work by the insufficiency
of the Public Health Acts to support us, nevertheless the
teaching of the public of what is a safe foodstuff is creating
a demand for the right article. The manufacturer too is
doing much to meet this demand by the production of
"packet foods," thus protecting the food against multiple
handling. For example, the old type of ice cream vendor
is gradually and surely being replaced by the carton ice
cream, and foodstuffs, such as butter, cheese, biscuits, etc.,
are now almost universally packed and sold in cartons.
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
The following tabulation gives particulars of the work
of Pood and Drugs Inspectors in Bromley during 1930:—
No. of samples taken 126
Genuine 125
Inferior 1
Adulterated Nil.
Prosecutions Nil.
SUMMARY.
New Milk 63 Sausages 2
Sterilised Milk 2 Olive Oil 2
Butter 6 Chicken & Ham Paste 1
S.R. Flour 2 Preserved Cream 1
Pepper 3 Raisins 1
Cocoa 4 Honey 1
Margarine 4 Mustard 1
Coffee 5 Cornflour 1
Tea 2 Baking Powder 1
Bern. Sugar 3 Camphorated Oil 1
Lard 2 Cod Liver Oil 1
Rice 4 Boracic Acid Ointment 1
Currants 1 Friars Balsam 1
Gin 2 Zinc Ointment 1
Whiskey 2 Tapioca 1
Preserved Peas 1 Dried Eggs (foreign) 1
Suet 1 Ground Rice 1