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Nature of Unsatisfactory Sample.
Remarks
Serial No. 0657.
Bread.
(i) Composition: Areas of the crumb soiled
by mineral oil containing iron.
Prosecution. Vendor
fined £30 with 10 gns.
costs.
Serial No. F.C.107.
Bread.
(i) Composition: The foreign body in the
crumb of the loaf consisted of a dried
currant.
Manufacturers notified.
Serial No. 0636.
Swiss Roll—Chocolate Sponge.
(n) Composition: Contained mould growths.
Warning letter to
Retailer.
Serial No. 0492.
Sugar Puffs.
(o) Composition: Contained a live moth
larva and a fragment of intertwined
vegetable fibre measuring approximately
0.4 by 0.2 in. This latter was covered
with a layer of charred organic matter.
Warning letter to
Manufacturers.
Serial No. 0429.
Rum Flavoured Butter.
(p) Composition 1.3% proof spirit. In view
of description "rum flavoured" an alcoholic
strength of between 1.5 and 2.0 proof
would be reasonable.
Correspondence with
Manufacturers. Satisfactory.
Serial No. 0629.
Cumberland Brandy Butter.
(q) Composition: 0.9% proof spirit. An
acceptable alcohol content for this product
is between 1.5 and 2.0 per cent. proof
spirit.
Correspondence with
Manufacturers. Satisfactory.
Serial No. 0721.
Pork Luncheon Meat.
(a) Composition: It was confirmed that the
contents had an abnormal smell—tainl
rather than decomposition. A screw fragment
found in the can was of ferrous
metal galvanised.
Matter raised with embassy
of country of
origin.
Serial No. 0786.
Fly Eggs in Streaky Bacon.
(a) Composition: Infested by numerous blow
fly eggs.
Warning letter.
Serial No. 0723.
Sausage.
(b) Composition: The maggot associated
with the sample was the maggot of a
dipterous fly and probably not more than
24 hours old.
Attention of manufacturers
and retailer drawn
to occurrence.