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Legal action was taken in two instances:—
Mineral Water contaminated with Phenol Disinfectant:
Manufacturers fined £3 and costs £4. 4. 0d.
Baker fined £3 with costs of £2 2. 0d. legal fees and costs of
£2 for cigarette end in loaf of bread.
All complaints were investigated and ten samples were sent
to the Public Analyst for report. Three adverse reports were
received, all resulting in legal action of which two are pending.
(e) Bakeries
There are 15 bakehouses in the District, 8 in present use, the
other 7 being closed. 2 new bakehouses are proposed, one for
London Co-operative Society Ltd., which is in the course of construction
and alteration of existing buildings and the other is to
be opened at The Broadway.
(f) Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food & Drugs
The following is a list of items submitted to the Public Analyst
in 1957:—
Beef Suet 1 Genuine
Biscottes 1 (1)
Biscuits 1 Genuine
Blackcurrant Jam 1 „
Bramble Jelly 1 „
Bread 1 „
Butter 1 „
Butter Brazils 1 Genuine
Cheese Spread 1 „
Chicken Spread 1 „
Chocolate Spread 1 „
Coffee and Chicory 1 „
Crab Dressed 1 „
Cream 5 „
Energen Fruit Product 1 (2)
Fat Cooking 1 Genuine
Flour Plain 2 „
Fruit Mixed 1 „
Gravy Powder 1 „
Ice Cream 7 „
Lactochoc 1 „
Lemon Juice 1 „
Linseed and Liquorice Lozenge 1 (3)
Margarine 1 Genuine
Milk 18 „
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