Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Nature of Unsatisfactory Sample.
Remarks
Serial No. 0659.
Sausage.
(b) Composition: Contained a piece of cloth
2} in. by 1¼ in.
Proceedings. Manufacturer
fined £25 with
£7 7s. 0d. costs.
Serial No. 0707.
Steak and Kidney Pudding.
Composition: Meat 23%. Acceptable
minimum 25%.
Correspondence with
Manufacturer. Satisfactory.
Serial No. 0663.
Chicken Croquette.
(c) Composition: Meat 39%. Contained beef
as well as chicken. Would more appropriately
be described as Chicken and Beef
Croquette.
Correspondence with
Manufacturers. Satisfactory.
Serial No. 0734.
Apricots.
(r) Composition: Pesticides: Dieldrin 0.01,
TDE 0.01, DDT 0.3 p.p.m. The DDT
content higher than desirable.
Correspondence with
Wholesaler.
Serial No. 0733.
Small Wholemeal Brown Loaf.
(s) Composition: Pesticides: BHC 0.01, DDD
0.01, DDT 0.15 p.p.m. DDT content
higher than desirable.
Correspondence with
Manufacturers.
Serial No. 0700.
Bread.
(i) Composition: Contained a cylindrical
piece of foam rubber, approximately
2 in. long and ½ in. in diameter.
Proceedings. Bakers fined
£35 with £11 14s. 6d.
costs.
Serial No. F.C.I21.
Bread.
(i) Composition: Soiling of the crumb due
to the presence of iron and mineral oil.
Proceedings. Bakers fined
£20 with £5 19s. 6d. costs.
Serial No. 0722.
Bread.
(i) Composition: Contained a rust flake.
Warning letter to Baker.
Serial No. 0687.
Chocolate Sponge Mix.
(t) Composition: Sugar 51%. This was the
major ingredient and should be first in
the list of ingredients.
Correspondence with
Manufacturer. Label corrected.
Serial No. F.C.I28.
Hazelnut Milk Chocolate.
(u) Composition: Associated with the portion
of the chocolate fat were two shed larval
skins of dermested beetles.
Warning letter to Manufacturers,
Wholesaler and
Retailers.
Serial No. 0673.
Ground Cinnamon.
(k) Composition: Volatile Oil 0.6%. B.P.
requires 0.7%.
Correspondence with
Manufacturers.