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Nature of Unsatisfactory Sample. Remarks
Serial No. 954.
1 pint Unopened Milk Bottle
(e) Composition: The milk which passed the
Methylene Blue Test for bacteriological
quality was free from matter in suspension.
On the internal surface of the base
of the bottle were small patches of firmly
adherent sand and cement mixture.
Referred to Maidstone
M.B.C., under Milk and
Dairies Regulations.
Serial No. 931.
1 pint Bottle of Milk.
(e) Composition: The pint bottle No. 931
contained a single foreign body; this
measured approximately 1 x 2 mm., and
had the properties of rubber. The other
four samples 932-5 showed no evidence
of foreign matter.
Warning letter to Dairy
Company.
Serial No. 827.
Part of Sliced Loaf of Bread.
(h) Composition: The sample consisted of
part of a small sliced white loaf. Embedded
in the crumb in one slice was
part of the body of an insect. The
characteristics of the foreign matter were
consistent with its being part of a cockroach.
Chemical tests confirmed that the
foreign matter had been subjected to a
baking process.
Proceedings. Fine of £20
with £5 5s. 0d. costs
imposed.
Serial No. 930.
Part of Farmhouse Loaf with dark particles
in the crumb.
(h) Composition: The dark coloured fragments
in the crumb are pieces of charred
dough.
Matter drawn to attention
of baker.
Serial No. 953.
Portion of Bread.
(h) Composition: The foreign body embedded
in the bread crumb is a vegetable
bristle possibly derived from a brush.
Warning letter to baker.
Serial No. 839.
Cut Loaf of Bread containing foreign
matter.
(h) Composition: The eight slices of white
cut bread all showed dark streaks in the
crumb due to the presence of soiled
mineral oil presumably derived from the
bakehouse machinery.
Prosecution instituted.
Manufacturer fined £20
with costs of £11 11s. 0d.
Serial No. 4.
Dark matter in Brown Loaf.
(h) Composition: The foreign matter in each
of the three fragments of bread consisted
of crumb soiled by mineral oil and iron
doubtless derived from the bakehouse
machinery.
Proceedings. Baker fined
£20 with £5 5s. 0d. costs.