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"With regard to samples found unsatisfactory, the following action
was taken :—
"Milk—Various. Four of the five samples noted were of hot
milk, two from each of two cafes. Each was prosecuted in respect of
one sample containing added water ; in each case fines were imposed.
The fifth sample was of bottled milk sold by retail which had a slight
deficiency in solids-not-fat but no added water and no further action was
taken.
"Milk—New. These were all samples taken of raw farmers' milk
on delivery to milk depots in your district. The 17 unsatisfactory
samples were in 13 cases deficient in fat and in four cases had slight
excesses of water. In the 13 cases the majority of fat deficiencies were
small. Five farmers were involved.
"Drugs. The one sample of drugs which was unsatisfactory was a
' Cherry Cough Syrup,' the label upon which did not correctly state the
ingredients. An official caution was given.
"Fish. The two samples of unsatisfactory fish were cases of the
sale of smoked cod for smoked haddock at each of two shops. In one
case an official caution was given and in the other case the fishmonger
was prosecuted and fined.
"Sausages. The unsatisfactory sausage sample was a case of pork
sausages containing sulphur dioxide not declared on sale. The firm was
cautioned.
"Vinegar. Six samples of vinegar were unsatisfactory. These
were procured from four sellers and were sales of what was purported
to be loose vinegar. In one case the sample was genuine but slightly
deficient in acetic acid. Subsequent sample was genuine and no further
action was taken. In each of two cases (two samples each) retailers sold
non-brewed condiment as vinegar. Each was prosecuted and fined."
(E) HYGIENE OF FOOD
The activities of local authorities in their campaigns for the cleaner
handling of food have followed no uniform pattern. In this district
the campaign has been on three fronts. The first two concern essentially
those handling food at any stage and concentrate on the one hand on the