[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 37

Shoreditch 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: FOOD & DRUGS ADMINISTRATION (Contd.)

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FOOD & DRUGS ADMINISTRATION (Contd.)

Complaint	Result of action taken
Suspected unfit condition of contents of packet of milk food	Abnormal smell and taste confirmed by laboratory examination - thorough'investigation by Company failed to reach decision as to possible cause - Repeat sample of milk food from same batch proved satisfactory - deduced that contents of packet became tainted after purchase.
Mouldy condition of Sliced bread.	Investigation pointed in direction of bread being insufficiently cooled before slicing and wrapping. Strong letter of protest to bakery Company.
Foreign substances in Farm-House loaf.	Foreign substance proved to be small piece of burnt fat and flour, quite harmless - Letter sent to bakery Company.
Foreign matter in Brown loaf.	Harmless substance of burnt caked dough. Bakehouse maintained in clean condition generally. Letter sent to Company directing attention to possible sources of contamination.
Insect in can of Pineapple Slices	Importers of this South African product could offer no explanation, but gave assurance that they would take the matter up with Cannery Company
Mouldy condition of meat pie«	Result of investigations indicated that error of judgement had been committed by one of the parties concerned - it was considered advisable to send a warning letter to shop-keeper and"copy tto manufacturer.
Mouldy condition of Brown loaf.	Bread was probably wrapped before cool accelerating growth of mould - Letter of protest sent to company.
Foreign substance in scone.	Microscopic examination of 'foreign substance'proved that it consisted of 'dirty dough' interwoven with fibrous material. Strong censure to bakery company.
Suspected condition of special bread.	No known germs inhabit bread that would cause conditions reported - no further action.
Peculiar taste to orange drink.	Laboratory reported traces of iron in excess of accepted amount - investigations found that-minor defects in lining of chums was possible cause of contamination suspected churns with -drawn from service - repeat samples proved satisfactory - Letter to company directing that periodical samples be taken for chemical analysis.