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The following amounts of foodstuffs were condemned: fish
14 stone, chickens 53, potatoes 35 cwt., bananas 180, oranges 24,
apples 10 lbs. and tomatoes 2 lbs.
(c) Adulteration, etc.
The Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act is administered by the
Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council.
During the year 141 samples were analysed. Of these 128 were
of milk, of which 3 were adulterated. None of the samples of the
other commodities examined, which included spirits, meat, and
sausages, proved to be adulterated.
(d) Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food.
These examinations are conducted at the Laboratories of the
Clinical Research Association, Ltd., Watergate House, Adelphi,
London, W.C.2.