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Milk Samples.
Milk samples taken and submitted for chemical analysis during the
year numbered 106, including nine taken at hospitals, schools and day
nurseries in the Borough.
The average fat and solids-not-fat content of milk samples analysed
were as follows:- Solids-not-Fat
Fat Content Ontont
Channel Islands Milk 4.11% 8.61%
Other Milk 3.67% 8.58%
Public Health (imported Food.) Regulations, 1937-1948.
Twohundred-and-twentysix Detention Notices and 206 Release Notices
were served under the Regulations. These affected a variety of foodstuffs,
including cocoa, chillies, cinnamon, coffee, coconut, assorted
canned goods, dried fruits, egg, powder, ginger, gum arabic, ham, mutton,
sugar and tea.
Consignments of frozen meats, offals and sheeps casings which
arrived unaccompanied by the official certificates, were either reexported
or subsequently released on production of the certificates.
Eighty-seven carcases of mutton, representing a 5 per cent examination,
were examined for caseous lymphadenitis by the cutting of the lymphatic
glands. All the carcases examined were found to be free from the
disease.
As from 1st January, 1959, the examination and sampling of tea
imports at the wharves were transferred from H.M.Customs to the local
riparian authorities, whose food inspectors acting under the Public
Health (imported Food) Regulations, 1937, have, since that date,
carried out these duties.
This has meant a considerable increase in examination and sampling
of tea at the six wharves and two bonded warehouses in the Borough,
all of which accommodate very large quantities. Generally, sampling
is carried out on special types of tea, e.g. Chinese and Japanese green
teas, and tea containing jasmine flowers, and in respect of the retail
sale of the latter- particular attention has been paid' to compliance
with the Labelling of Food Order, so that there shall-be an indication
on the packet that jasmine petals are contained in the tea. -
Particular difficulty has been experienced in respect of excess
of lead in Formosan black teas, samples of which have been found to
contain more than the permitted limit of 10 parts per million. Where
such excess has been found, the tea is released subject to it being
blended with other teas so that the amount of lead in the resultant
blend is within the permitted limit.
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