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At Battersea the Stipendiary Magistrate dismissed a summons with costs
against the Council, as he held that " cream does not necessarily mean the
product of the cow, as is shown in the names ' face cream,' ' cold cream,' etc."
Convictions, however, have been obtained in other parts of the country.
There is little doubt that a purchaser of a cream bun expects to get cream.
Shoe cream, shaving cream, etc., are creams but not cream, no one expects
to eat such creams. If confectioners called these buns by the true name,
that is, coconut oil bun or pea-nut oil bun, etc., not many would be sold, and
it is obvious that by the designation cream bun it is intended, in order to
sell them, to convey to the purchaser the belief that the buns actually contain
cream.
3 samples of cream cheese examined were unsatisfactory.
C 254 (Informal). Consisted of soft cheese containing 11.0 per cent.
of fat, made from partially skimmed milk.
C 255 (Informal). Whole milk soft cheese containing 22.6 per cent.
of fat.
C 256 (Informal). Consisted of soft cheese containing 9.8 per cent.
of fat, made from partially skimmed milk.
No further samples were taken. In 1927 eleven samples were taken
The percentage of fat in these samples ranged from 1.2 to 17.8 per cent, A
soft cheese made from whole milk or even from partially skimmed milk should
show a fat content of 20 per cent. and upward, the percentage depending on
the amount of water left in the product. True cream cheese should be made
from cream and should contain at least 35 per cent. of fat. There should
be some distinction between true cream cheese and the article sold locally
under the name of cream cheese.
19 samples of egg substitute powder were examined. Of these, 4 samples
contained an excess of sulphur dioxide.
B 90 (Informal). Contained 152 parts sulphur dioxide per million
or 4.8 times the permitted quantity.
B 101 (Informal, same vendor as B 90). Contained 208 parts.
sulphur dioxide per million or 7.2 times the permitted quantity.
B 102 (Same vendor). Contained 176 parts sulphur dioxide per
million or 5.8 times the permitted quantity. Wholesaler fined
£5 with £4 4s. Od. costs.
Cream
Cheese.
Egg
Substitute.