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35.
FOOD ADMINISTRATION (contd. )
The inspection and sampling of foodstuffs.
Chemical Sampling:
245 samples were submitted for chemical analysis to the Public Analyst
during 1961. Details were as follows:-
Ale, Beer & Stout 4 Macaroni 2
Arrowroot 1 Margarine 2
Baking Powder 2 Marmalade 2
Barley, pearl 2 Marzipan 1
Beer 3 Meat (minced) 1
Brandy 2 Meat Paste 3
Bread 1 Meat products 6
Butter 2 Medicines 2
Cake mixtures 2 Milk 91
Cheese spread 3 Milk (condensed) 1
Cocoa 1 Milk (dried) 1
Coconut, Desiccated 1 Mincaneat 1
Codeine tablets (compound) 1 Mustard 1
Coffee & Chicoiy essence 2 Oil, cooking 2
Confectionery, sugar 2 Pepper 3
Cooking fat 2 Pickles 2
Cream, sterilised 1 Pudding mixture 1
Curry powder 2 Bice, flaked 1
Drink, Soft (mineral water) 1 Rum 3
Drink, Soft (orange) 2 Salad cream 2
Drink, Soft (powder) 1 Sauce 3
Fish (canned) 3 Sausages 3
Fish cakes 1 Semolina 1
Fish paste 2 Soda, bicarbonate of 1
Flavouring essence 2 Soup, canned 2
Flour, self-raising 2 Soup, preparation 1
Fruit, dried 12 Sipice 9
Fruit curd (lemon) 1 Stout 1
Fruit, glace 2 Suet, Shredded 3
Fruit juice 1 Syrup, Golden 1
Gelatine 1 Tapioca 1
Gin 4 Tea 1
Honey 1 Vegetables, canned 1
Ice Cream 1 Vinegar 5
Jam (Gooseberry) 1 Vinegar, imitation 1
Jelly Tablet 1 Vodka 1
Lard 3 Whisky 5
Wine cocktail 2
8 were notified as being non genuine by the Public Analyst (as per
schedule over).