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]
This page requires JavaScript
101
Generally, personnel involved in the food trade are
co-operative. However, when required, written notices to remedy
conditions are issued and a reasonable period is given for compliance.
It was not found necessary to resort to legal action for the
non-compliance of such notices.
Samples of food and drugs are regularly taken and are submitted
to the Public Analyst for examination. No instances of
wilful adulteration were found; there were, however, cases of
technical infringements, details of the resultant action being given
in the tables on pages 104-112.
The sampling of foodstuffs for the presence of residual pesticides
was again carried out as part of a survey in collaboration
with other London Boroughs; these samples all proving to be
satisfactory.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955 FOOD SAMPLING
Letters in parenthesis are referred to on page 104.
Article | No. Examined | No. Unsatisfactory | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | ||
Baby Food | - | 1 | - | - | |
Baking Powder | - | 1 | - | - | |
Batter Mixture | - | 1 | - | - | |
(t) | Beer | - | 2 | - | 1 |
Biscuits | - | 1 | - | - | |
Blancmange Powder | - | 2 | - | - | |
Brandy | 2 | - | - | - | |
(f) | Bread and Bread Rolls | - | 22 | - | 18 |
(c) | Butter | 1 | 20 | - | 1 |
(d) | Buttered Roll | - | 3 | - | 2 |
(w) | Cake Decorations | - | 3 | - | 2 |
(‡) | Cereal and Cheese products | - | 7 | - | 1 |
(o) | Cheese and Cheese Products | - | 17 | - | 1 |
Chocolate Syrup | - | 1 | - | - | |
Coffee | - | 1 | - | - | |
Coffee and Chicory Essence | - | 1 | - | - | |
Cream | - | 18 | - | - | |
(j) | Cream Cakes, Cakes & Tarts | - | 20 | - | 3 |
(1) | Cream of Tartar | - | 3 | - | 1 |
Curry Powder | - | 2 | - | - | |
Custard Powder | - | 2 | - | - | |
(z) | Dehydrated Vegetables | - | 3 | - | 1 |
Dessert Powder and Mixture | - | 3 . | - | - | |
Dessicated Coconut | - | 2 | - | - | |
Drink Powder | - | 2 | - | - | |
(V) | Drinking Chocolate | - | 2 | - | 1 |
(m] | Drugs | - | 53 | - | 1 |
Fish and Fish Products | - | 18 | - | - | |
Flake Albumen | - | 1 | - | - |