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SECTION E. FOOD AND DRUGS
Food and Drugs Act, 1955
The following cases were reported to the Public Health Committee
with the results as indicated:—
Bread:
1. Dark foreign matter therein Warning letter sent.
2. Foreign matter therein Fine £5. Costs £5/5/-.
3. Cigarette end therein Warning letter sent.
Oranges:
Contaminated with thiourea Referred to Ministry of
ture, Fisheries and Food.
Milk Bottle:
Dirty Warning letter to dairy.
Contraventions of Food Hygiene Regulations:
Cafe Fines totalling £12. Costs £2.
Fish Fryer Fines totalling £8.
Street Vendor Stallholder fined total of £20.
with £3/3/-. costs
Case against assistant pending.
A packet of sherbet brought to the office in the nature of a complaint
by a member of the public caused the Public Analyst to report
that it contained foreign matter in the form of a yellowish-brown
tablet and two portions of similar tablets. His investigation showed
that the tablet contained substances similar to those in tablets recommended
for the treatment of tuberculosis.
The complainant when seen agreed that tablets similar to those
described were being taken by a member of the household and had
by some means or other become mixed with the sherbet. He then
withdrew his complaint.
This case shows once again how essential it is to take the utmost
care in the storage of drugs and medicine.
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