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Nature of Unsatisfactory Sample. Remarks
Serial No. 0599.
Crab Spread with Butter.
(m) Composition: Crab 83%, butter fat 4.5%.
The proposed Fish and Meat Paste Regulations
call for not less than 6% butter
fat in this product.
Correspondence with
Manufacturers. Will comply
with proposed
Regulations when
promulgated.
Serial No. 0610.
Pasteurised Milk.
(d) Composition: Failed the Methylene Blue
Test.
2heck with suppliers —
Satisfactory.
Serial No. 0471.
Milk (Dirty Bottle).
(d) Composition: Contained mould growth
on inner surface.
Warning letter to Dairy
Company.
Serial No. F.C.98.
Milk (Dirty Bottle).
(d) Composition: Contained three foreign
bodies—(a) a seed of one of the compositae,
(b) a small tea leaf fragment,
and (c) a dark irregularly shaped object
about 1 mm. in diameter which contained
mould hyphae and plant fragments.
Warning letter to
Bottlers.
Serial No. F.C.108.
Milk (Dirty Bottle).
(d) Composition: Contained mould growths
on inner surface.
No action. Unable positively
to ascertain origin
of bottle.
Serial No. 0534.
Foreign matter in tin of Gooseberries.
(f) Composition: The foreign matter consisted
of 2 dry peas, 1 dry haricot bean
and 1 small fragment of porous stone.
The peas gave negative reactions for
phosphatase enzyme, would not grow but
did not contain an unusual amount of
sugar. The bean, like the peas, was not
viable. The porous stone which measured
0.3 by 0.4 in. was saturated with sugar.
The overall picture was inconclusive in
that some findings suggested immersion
of the foreign bodies in the can during
processing whereas others did not.
Warning letter to
Canners.
Serial No. 0473.
Canned Whole Beans.
Composition: The can was blown due to
hydrogen swell, the internal lacquering
having deteriorated.
Stock withdrawn from
sale.
Serial No. 0533.
Bread.
(i) Composition: Areas of the crumb soiled
by mineral oil containing iron.
Prosecution. Vendor
fined £30 with 10 gns.
costs.