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SECTION E. FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938
1953 did not provide anything outstanding to report upon. There
are however several items of some interest to mention, and these
are given below.
Sausages. A sample of pork sausages was reported to be deficient in
Meat by 13%. Because of the requirements of a Ministry of Food
Order, the case was reported to that Ministry. No further action was
taken by them.
Another sample of pork sausages was reported by the Public
analyst to consist of 40% fat, 29% lean meat. The attention of the
butcher was drawn to this fact.
The officers' action in both cases was confirmed by the Public
Health Committee in their report to the Council.
Two prosecutions were made on account of foreign matter in
bread—one specimen contained portions of a mouse, the other a
cigarette end. Penalties were imposed in both cases, £10 in connection
with the first, and £5 for the second.
Other cases reported to the Public Health Committee were (i)
a Piece of metal in a toffee, (ii) foreign matter in a milk bottle and
(iii) a dirty milk bottle.
in the first case no action was taken because of the long time
between the purchase of the toffee and the complaint to this Department.
The Town Clerk wrote to the dairies concerned in connection
with the other two cases.