[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich] page 35

Woolwich 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: Table No. 13 (continued).

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Table No. 13 (continued).

Sample	Article.	Formal or Informal.	Result of Analysis.	Action taken.
422	Confectionery, Flour Chocolate Swiss Roll.	Formal	Contained no signifieant amount of cocoa. Chocolate Swiss Roll should contain the equivalent of at least 4 per cent. of dry fat-free cocoa matter.	Communicated with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fish eries and Food.
496	Chocolate Swiss Roll	Informal	do., do.
497	Chocolate Swiss Roll	Informal	do., do.
499	Chocolate Swiss Roll	Informal	do., do.
510 524	Chocolate Swiss Roll Chocolate Swiss Roll	Informal Informal	Contained cocoa matter, expressed as dry fat-free cocoa matter, 0.8 per cent. Contained no significant amount of cocoa.
533	Chocolate Swiss Roll	Informal	Contained cocoa matter, expressed as dry fat-free cocoa matter, 1.0 per cent.
534	Chocolate Swiss Roll	Informal	Contained no significant amount of cocoa.
498	Chocolate Cake	Informal	Contained dry fat-free cocoa matter 1.4 per cent. Chocolate Cake should contain the equivalent of at least 4 per cent. of dry fat-free cocoa matter.
574	Confectionery, Sugar: Fudge.	Informal	Unsound. The fat in the sample was rancid and contained 4.7 per cent. of free fatty acids.	Consignment investigated.
451	Salmon Paste	Informal	Contained salmon, not more than 30 per cent.; other fish, not less than 45 per cent.	Formal sample obtained.
504	Salmon Paste	Formal	Contained fish, of which not more than half consisted of salmon, approximately 80 per cent. The article was described on the label as "Fish Paste.Salmon.", the first two words being printed in very small letters one-sixteenth inch high. No disclosure of the presence of other fish was made and the article did not in the Public Analyst's opinion consist of Salmon Paste.	Manufacturers' observations requested.
545	Currants	Informal	Contained two live caterpillars and a quantity of insect droppings.	Consignment examined. Formal sample obtained.
583	Currants	Formal	Comprised currants 87 per cent., raisins 13 per cent.	No further action.