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Nature of Unsatisfactory Sample. Remarks
Serial No. 882.
Mixed Fruit.
(f) Composition: Sultanas 39, Currants 43.
Raisins 11, Peel 7%. Clean sample.
Proportion of currants exceeds that of
sultanas: this is not in accord with the
declaration of ingredients. The discrepancy
is not great and may be peculiar to
this packet.
Correspondence with
Manufacturer. Satisfactory.
Serial No. 852.
Canned Tomatoes containing foreign
matter.
(g) Composition: The material from the car
of tomatoes may well be a piece of ar
organic polymer used as an aid on seal
ing on the ends of the cans in manufacture.
Imported from Spain.
Matter still under ininvestigation.
Serial No. 0092.
Milk Bottle.
(e) Composition: The specks on the inside
of the base of the bottle consisted substantially
of iron and may well have
derived from the use of the bottle as
firework support.
Warning letter to Dairy.
Serial No. 0093.
1 pint Bottle of Milk.
(e) Composition: Thin film of greyish discolouration
on inner surface of bottle
—indeterminate debris.
Proceedings under Milk
and Dairies Regulations
instituted. Dairy fined £15
with costs of £5 5s. 0d.
Serial No. 0015
1 pint Bottle of Channel Island Milk.
(e) Composition: Adhering to the inner surface
of the bottle were six small pupae.
They are those of one of the dipherous
flies, possibly a species of Drosophila.
Proceeding under Milk
and Dairies Regulations.
Firm fined £10 plus
£6 19s. 6d. costs.
Series No. 969.
Pure Cream.
(n) Composition: Fat 22.3%—all butter fat.
Slight deficiency.
Correspondence with
manufacturer. Satisfactory.
Serial No. 0156.
Concentrated Cheese Sauce. "Swiss
Cheese, Milk, Flour and Spices".
(o) Composition: Cheese 8, Flour 9, Skim
Milk 77%. These ingredients do not
conform with the declared ingredients.
Correspondence with
manufacturers—stock
withdrawn from sale.
Serial No. 971.
Fruit Salad in Syrup.
(c) Composition: Of the drained fruit, pears
constituted 16.2 and pineapple 21.0. The
Code of Practice for home canned fruit
calls for 19-38 pears and 8-16 pineapples.
Correspondence with
manufacturers. Satisfactory.