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B 286. Bread and butter. The fat in the sample consisted entirely
of margarine. Discharged under the Probation of Offenders Act.
Vendor paid £2 2s. Od. costs.
B 367. Rolls and butter. The fat consisted entirely of margarine.
Vendor fined £2 with £2 2s. Od. costs.
C 609. Rolls and butter. The fat consisted entirely of margarine.
Summons dismissed.
B 758. Rolls and butter (Informal). The fat consisted entirely of
margarine.
B 776. Rolls and butter (same vendor as B 758). Discharged
under the Probation of Offenders Act. Vendor paid £2 2s. Od
costs.
Butter. 61 samples of butter were examined, and of these, one sample was found
to be adulterated.
B 783 (Informal). Contained 10 per cent. of margarine. A further
sample, taken formally, was genuine.
All the samples were free from preservative and prohibited dyes.
6 samples of condensed milk and 3 samples of dried milk were genuine
and free from preservative.
These samples complied with the requirements of the Condensed Milk
and Dried Milk Regulations respectively as regards percentage composition
of milk fat and milk solids, and each tin contained sufficient condensed or
dried milk to produce the number of pints of standard milk as stated on the
lable.
9 samples of cream confectionery were examined. Only one of these
samples was genuine.
Cream Buns. C 253 (Informal), C 257 (Informal), C 272 (Formal),
C 279 (Formal) and C 280 (Formal). In these samples the filling
consisted of emulsified foreign fat.
Cream Doughnuts. C 278 (Informal) and C 273 (Formal) contained
emulsified foreign fat.
Cream Horns. C 304 (Formal) contained emulsified foreign fat.
No proceedings were taken in connection with the above cases, but a
circular letter was sent by the Medical Officer of Health to all bakers and
confectioners in the Borough.
Condensed
and Dried
Milk.
Cream Bans,
etc.