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(In 3 cases at the West London Police Court in which the deficiencies,
after making the same allowance, were 38, 21 and 25 per cent, respectively, the
summonses were dismissed and 2 guineas costs awarded in each case.)
Poor
quality
Samples.
These comprise samples of inferior grade or of doubtful character and
are 30 in number.
19 of these consisted of milk. Other poor quality samples were : Flour
(3), butter (3), gin (2), rice (2) and lard.
Offences
other than
Adulteration.
Milk.—-Proceedings were taken against 4 vendors who were not registered
for the sale of milk. Convictions were obtained in each case, the fines totalling
£9, and the costs £5 5s. Od.
For the omission of the name and address on the can, etc., two vendors
were fined 10s. and £1, with £1 Is. Od. costs respectively.
For filling or tampering with the caps of bottles in the street 5 vendors
paid a total of £1 in fines, and £5 5s. Od. costs.
For labelling ordinary milk " Tuberculin Tested," one vendor was fined
£3, with £2 2s. Od. costs.
For selling pasteurised milk without labelling the churn, one vendor paid
£3 3s. Od. costs.
For obstructing the Sampling Officer, one vendor paid £1 Is. Od. costs.
Ice Cream.—One vendor who was not registered was fined 10s., with 10s. 6d.
costs.
Miscellaneous
Samples.
241 samples were submitted for analysis. Included amongst these
samples are 7 "Appeal to cow" samples, and 5 samples of milk from the
Borough of Hackney. These have been referred to previously. Of the
remaining 229 samples, 207 were foods, and of these, 58 or 28.0 per cent, were
unsatisfactory.
Public Health Department.—216 samples submitted by the Public Health
Department comprised the following :—
Metallic Contamination—
79 samples were examined, and of these 22 were unsatisfactory.
Satisfactory samples were : Canned Crab (1), examined for aluminium ;
Glace Cherries (4), examined for copper ; Tomato Puree (6), examined
for tin and copper ; Tinned Sild (2), Tinned Sardines (3), Tinned Brisling
(1) and Tinned Herrings (1), examined for lead ; Tinned Sild (24), Tinned
Prunes (9), Tinned Crab (3), Tinned Brisling (2) and Tinned Oranges (1),
examined for tin.
Unsatisfactory samples were: Tinned Norwegian Sild (12) (contained
2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.3, 2.5, 3.1, 3.1, 3.6, 3.8, 3.3, 3.1 and 3.4 grains tin per lb.
respectively), Tinned Australian Prunes (3) (each contained 2.1 grains
tin per lb.) and Tinned Portuguese Sardines (7) (contained 30, 35, 30,
45, 30, 40 and 30 parts lead per million).
Preservatives—
67 samples were examined, and of these 12 were unsatisfactory.
Satisfactory samples were :