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2. Cream sold as Preserved Cream:—
(a) Instances in which samples were submitted for
analysis to ascertain if the statements on the
label as to preservatives were correct:—
(i.) Correct statements made 0
(ii.) Statements incorrect 0
(b) Determinations made of milk fat in cream sold
as preserved cream:—
(i.) Above 35 per cent. 0
(ii.) Below 35 per cent. 0
(c) Instances where (apart from analysis) the requirements
as to labelling or declaration of
preserved cream in Article V. (1) and the proviso
in Article V. (2) of the Regulations are
not observed—Nil.
3. Thickening Substances. No evidence of their
dition to cream or to preserved cream.
4. No other observations.
9. Of the 18 adulterated milk samples for which proceedings
were taken the adulteration varied from 5.41 to 34.1
per cent. of added water, and from 8.0 to 25.66 per cent.,
deficiency in fat.
The fines varied from 2s. 6d. to £4.
Adulteration in Woolwich compared with London. In
March I reported on the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. It
appeared from the Local Government Board's Report that
the proportion of samples reported against in 1912 was
8.8 in London and 2 7 in Woolwich. In the latter half of
the past year there was a very marked increase in the percentage
of articles reported as adulterated.