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SUMMARY OF PUBLIC ANALYST'S QUARTERLY REPORTS
for the Year 1962
The following is a summary of the reports submitted each quarter
of the year in compliance with Section 99 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955
by the Council's Public Analyst, Mr.D.F.H.Button, A.R.C.S.,F.R.I.C., of
Southwark Health Services Department, Walworth Road, S.E.17. A copy of
each quarterly report is submitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food in accordance with the same section of the Act.
During the year, 412 sampler were submitted for analysis, 45 of
which were purchased or taken formally and 367 informally.
The samples are classified as follows:-
19 Alcoholic Spirits 1 Ice Cream Powder
1 Analgesic. Tablets 1 Indigestion Tablets
1 Aspirin Tablets 2 Liqueur Chocolates
2 Bicarbonate of Soda 1 Lolly Syrup
1 Blackcurrant Syrup 11 Margarine
2 Blancmange Powder 12 Meat, canned
1 Boracic Ointment 5 Meat and Vegetables, canned
1 Bread Roll 2 Meat Pies
14 Butter 1 Meat Pudding, canned
2 Castor Oil 82 Milk
7 Chewing Gum 1 Olives in brine
1 Chillies 1 Non-brewed. Condiment
9 Coffee and Coffee Beans 1 Onion Sauce Cubes
1 Condensed Milk 1 Pudding Mixture
2 Cooking Fat 1 Sauce
4 Desiccated Coconut 3 Sago
5 Fish, canned 23 Sausages
1 Fish Paste 1 Soft Drink
1 Fish, potted 2 Soup, bottled
1 Epsom Salts 25 Soup, canned
3 Fruit 2 Soup Tablets
5 Fruit Juice 12 Sugar
39 Fruit, dried 3 Sugar Confectionery
3 Fruit Drinks 1 Sulphur Ointment
4 Fruit Squashes 2 Table Jelly
1 Gelatine 52 Tea
1 Glauber Salts 1 Tomato Concentrate
1 Ground Ginger 1 Tonic Tablets
8 Ice Lollies 2 Toothpaste
16 Ice Cream 2 Vinegar
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