View report page

The year's working at the other plant is a success story; the
factory, its plant and operation continue to be an attraction to commercial
undertakings, as well as to Government and Local Authorities,
from all over the world. The experience of this factory which produces
5,000 gallons a day is that the dislike and opposition of bakers,
encountered earlier in the year, to the thin and watery appearance of
the product has been largely overcome. The better reliability and baking
qualities of pasteurised egg cause it now to be often preferred to frozen
egg.
During, those months of the year when shell eggs are not plentiful,
large quantities of tinned frozen eggs are defrosted and pasteurised.
With this practice in mind the firm in question has recently fitted a
special magnetic filter in the production line. This is in addition
to the existing filter and has already been found useful in detecting
small pieces and flakes of tin.
During the year 27 samples of pasteurised egg were taken from these
plants, all satisfying the Alpha-amylase Test.
(b) Bread and Flour Regulations, 1963. These Regulations, which lay
down requirements as to the composition of different kinds of bread, came
into force on 1st September 1964. Six samples of bread were taken for
analysis and found to be genuine.
(c) Meat (Treatment) Regulations), 1964. These Regulations, which
came into operation on 23rd January 1964, prohibit the addition to raw
and unprocessed meat intended for sale for human consumption of ascorbic,
erythorbic or nicotinic acids or their salts or other derivatives and the
sale of any such meat so treated.
(d) Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food Regulations, 1964. These Regulations
revoke and replace the Mineral Oil in Food Order 1949, and prohibit with
certain exceptions the use of mineral hydrocarbons in the composition or
preparation of food.
(e) Dried Milk Regulations.1964 and Soft Drinks Regulations. 1964.
These Regulations re-enact with amendments as to composition, declaration
as to contents, etc. previous regulations made between 1923 and 1963.
(f) Proposals for regulations announced during the year, following
recommendations of the Food Standards Committee, included those relating
to standards of meat content for canned meats and meat pies, review of
the Colouring Matter in Food Regulations 1957, and review of the Labelling
of Food Order 1953.
Lead in Lettuce
Early in the year, sections of the national Press carried stories of
the large quantities of lead found in lettuces. Samples were immediately
taken from various shops in the Borough and submitted for analysis. The
Public Analyst reported that excess of lead was present in the lettuces as
received but that it was easily removed in the ordinary process of washing.
33