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guarantee that the produce is of the grade stated. It is not compulsory for all
such food stuffs to be so marked, but, if marked, they must conform to the standard.
In London the local authority is the Metropolitan Borough Council concerned
and in Woolwich the Medical Officer of Health, the Chief Sanitary Inspector and
three Sanitary Inspectors have been appointed officers under the Act.
The following is a list of products regarding which Regulations were in force
on the 31st December, 1936:—
Date of Regulations. Produce.
1929 Potatoes.
1930 Strawberries; Cherries.
1931 Beef.
1932 Cider.
1933 Wheat Flour; Gooseberries; Loganberries ;
berries; Red Currants; Cheshire Cheese; Pears.
1934 Cauliflower and Broccoli; Canned Fruits; Honey;
Asparagus; Jam; Carrots; Leeks; Radishes;
Red Beet; Cabbage Greens and Cabbages;
Salad (Spring) Onions; Parsnips; Ripe Onions
and Shallots; Watercress: Horseradish; Kidney
and Runner Beans; Mushrooms; Forced
Rhubarb; Natural Rhubarb; Stilton Cheese;
Hot House Grapes.
1935 Apples; Glasshouse-grown Tomatoes ; Cucumbers;
Wheat Flower (Amendment); Dressed Poultry;
Canned Fruits (Amendment); Bottled Fruits;
Bottled Vegetables; Blackcurrants; Creamery
Butter; Vegetables; Perry; Caerphilly Cheese;
Cheddar Cheese; Cream Cheese.
1936 Eggs; Malt Extract and Malt Flour; Canned
Vegetables; Plums; Leicester Cheese; Lancashire
Cheese; Wensleydale Cheese; Fruit
Juice Syrup.
During the year Regulations affecting Eggs (1930), Malt Extract and Malt
Flour (1933), Canned Vegetables (1934), Plums (1935), were revoked.
No offences were discovered during the year.
Sophistication of Food.—The following Table, No. 29, gives details of the
various analyses made under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, Public Health
(Condensed Milk) Regulations, Public Health (Dried Milk) Regidations, and the
Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in Food) Regulations.