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34.
FOOD ADMINISTRATION (contd.)
The inspection and sampling of foodstuffs.
Chemical Sampling:
265 samples were submitted for chemical analysis to the Public Analyst
during 1960, 247 being informal and 18 formal. Details were as follows:-
Almonds, ground 1
Aspirin 1
Baby food (Chicken & lentils) 1
Baking powder 1
Beer 12
Black pudding 1
Brandy 1
Bread 3
Bread (Rolls and butter)6
Butter 1
Cake mixture 1
Cake and pudding mixtures 3
Camphorated oil 1
Coconut, desiccated 1
Cod-liver oil 1
Coffee extract, dry 2
Confectionery flour 1
Confectionery sugar 1
Curry powder 1
Custard powder 1
Drinks, soft 7
Pish cakes 1
Fish paste 4
Flavouring (compound) 1
Flavouring (essence) 1
Flour (self-raising) 2
Friars Balsam 1
Gravy preparation 1
Gelatine 1
Gin 2
Ginger (ground) 1
Ginger (root) 1
Halibut Oil capsules 1
Honey 1
Iodine, tincture of 1
Jam 2
Jelly tablet 1
Marmalade 1
Meat (minced) 3
Meat products 5
Milk 136
Milk (condensed) 1
Mincemeat 1
Paraffin, medicinal 3
Pea flour 1
Peanut butter 1
Peel 1
Pepper 1
Proprietary food 1
Proprietary medicines 8
Puddings (Christmas) 2
Quinine,Amm.Tincture of 1
Rice, flaked 1
Rice 1
Rum 1
Olive oil 1
Sauce 1
Sausages 4
Soda Bicarbonate of 1
Soup preparation 1
Spice (nutmeg) 3
Spread, breakfast 1
Stuffing mixture 1
Sugar 1
Tea 6
Thymol compound,Glycerine of 1
Vinegar, malt 1
Vinegar, imitation 1
Whisky 2
Wine, Alcoholic 1
18 were notified as being non genuine by the Public Analyst (as per
schedule over).