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Eight samples of ice-cream were submitted to the Public Analysts to
pertain the fat content of the mixture. These samples contained fat to
the following extent: 12.0 per cent., 10.4 per cent., 11.3 per cent., 6.3 per
cent., 10.7 per cent., 11.5 per cent., 13.6 per cent., 14.2 per cent.
Four samples of cream were submitted to the Public Analysts to
ascertain the fat content of the mixture. These samples contained fat to
the following extent: 49.9 per cent., 17.0 per cent., 50.5 per cent., 51.0 per
cent. Three of these samples, double cream, were satisfactory and the
fourth, single cream, 17.0 per cent., was slightly below the required standard.
No action was considered necessary in this case.
The following is a list of foods surrendered in 1951
because of unsound conditions
Fish, Fresh
Milts 5 stone
Skate 24 stone
Roes 1½ stone
Dover Soles 4 stone
Whiting 12½ stone
Haddock 6 stone
Bream 2 stone
Cod 2 stone
Mackerel 3 stone
Fish, Tinned
Herrings 2 tins
Sardines 9 tins
Salmon 49 tins
Pilchards 22 tins
Fruit, Tinned
Rhubarb 1 tin
Apples 42 jars
Plums 55 jars
Plums 59 tins
Pineapple 3 tins
Grapefruit 8 tins
Grapes 8 tins
Peaches 1 tin
Figs 1 tin
Apple, sieved 10 tins
Apricots 4 tins
Raspberries and
Redcurrants 1 tin
Oranges 3 tins
Damsons 1 tin
Pears 4 tins
Greengages 66 tins
Cherries 5 tins
Bananas 1 tin
Vegetables, Fresh
Potatoes 2¼ cwt.
Vegetables, Tinned
Peas 14 tins
Beans 27 tins
Carrots 37 tins
Tomatoes 7 tins
Vegetables, mixed 10 tins
Spinach 7 tins
Milk, Tinned
Evaporated 45 tins
Condensed 19 tins
Dried 390 lbs.
Full Cream 1 tin
Meat, Tinned
Luncheon Meat 111 tins
Luncheon Meat 181 lbs.
Veal, Jellied 3 tins
Veal, Jellied 80 lbs.
Beef Loaf 1 tin
Veal Loaf 2 tins
Ham and Veal Loaf 445 lbs.
Ham 9 tins
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