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Bromley 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Nature of Unsatisfactory SampleRemarks
Serial No. 1535.
Sausages-Beef Chipolatas.
(i)Composition: Contained preservative (250 p.p.m.) which had not been declared.Vendor now exhibiting permanent preservative notice.
Serial No. 1435.
Sausage Roll.
(a)Composition: Showed an area of mould growth on the meat filling.Legal proceedings. Vendors fined £20 with £12 9s. Od. costs.
Serial No. 1531.
Lancashire Hot Pot.
(a)Composition: Meat content 8%. Acceptable minimum 12.5%.Correspondence with Manufacturers. Recipe altered to give 12.5% meat content.
Serial No. 1349.
Boned Chicken in Chicken Jelly.
(n)Composition: Chicken 76%. Acceptable minimum 80%.Correspondence with Importers. Order given to overseas supplier to increase meat content to 80%.
Serial No. 1479.
Boned Chicken in Chicken Jelly.
(n)Composition: Chicken 76%. Acceptable minimum 80%.Manufacturer has now increased meat content to 84%.
Serial No. 1421.
Pasteurised Milk.
(b)Composition: Small areas of discolouration on the inner surface of the bottle due to the presence of mould, denatured milk and general debris.Legal proceedings. Bottlers fined £80 with £7 0s. lOd. costs.
Serial No. 1384.
Untreated Milk.
(b)Composition: Foreign matter consisting of decayed wood fragments.Reported to Committee. Bottlers warned.
Serial No. 1400.
Pasteurised Milk.
(b)Composition: Foreign matter consisting of denatured milk.Reported to Committee. Dairy Company warned.
Serial No. 1522.
School Milk Bottle with residue of Milk and foreign matter.
(b)Composition: Contained crystals of magnesium sulphate (Epsom Salts) adhering to the inner surface of the glass.The Salts had been added subsequent to delivery of the milk and the Suppliers were in this matter blameless.