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FOODS SUBJECT OF COMPLAINT.
A total of 98 complaints about articles of food were
received during the year, all were thoroughly investigated
and appropriate action was taken. Mould and foreign bodies
continue to be the main reasons for complaint.
The following complaints were considered sufficiently
serious to necessitate taking proceedings.
Two bottles of Milk containing Foreign Matter.
Foreign matter in two bottles of milk delivered by the
roundsman at the same time. A fine of £20 was imposed with
5 guineas costs.
Metal in Loaf.
A fine of £40 and 10 guineas costs, was imposed.
Mouldy Cornish Pasty.
A fine of £20 with 10 guineas costs was imposed.
Strawberries - mouldy and unfit for human consumption.
The strawberries were sold in a very poor condition, many
were moist, mouldy and decomposing. A fine of £5 with 3 guineas
costs was imposed.
Mouldy Pork Pie.
A fine of £5. with £16. 5. 0. costs was imposed.
JOINT SURVEY OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOODSTUFFS.
The Interim Report of the results obtained in the first year
of the National Pesticide Residues Survey in which this Food and
Drugs Authority participated, shows that traces of pesticide
residues were found in a significant number of samples of the
foods examined. The amounts found were generally small and
corresponded with the known use of pesticides on crops.
Whilst it is clearly desirable that amounts of pesticide
residues should be kept as low as practicable, there would appear
to be no short-term hazard associated with the amounts found and
no samples showed gross contamination. It is stressed that the
Report is an interim one and conclusions necessarily tentative.