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Barnes 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table 15.—Milk Sampling.
Chemical Analysis.
15 samples of milk were taken and submitted to the Public Analyst for
chemical analysis. These samples, taken from milk roundsmen and local
retailers, proved to be quite satisfactory.
Table 16.— Sampling of Other Food and Drugs.

(a) Chemical Analysis.—53 Samples procured under the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, included:—

Foods.
Best Butter DropsLemon Cheese
Bread RollLemon Squash
Buttered AssortmentMalt Vinegar
Butter ToffeeMeat Pudding
Cheese SpreadMint Jelly
Chocolate Crunch contg. pure butter.Mint in Vinegar
CoffeeNut Oil
Crab Fish PasteOrange Squash
Cream of Mushroom SoupPeanut Butter
Creamed RicePeas—Early Garden Sugar
Cremola Foam CrystalsPineapple Flavouring
Devonshire Biscuits with real butter.Real Minced Chicken
Egg Scramble Soup MixSalmon Spread
Escoffier Sauce—AlexandraSmoked Rainbow Trout Savoury
Ground GingerStrawberry Flavouring
Ground NutmegSummer County Margarine contg.
Hens Eggs10% butter.
Ice Cream—ready mixSym Gravv
Ice Cream with Extra CreamSynthetic Cream Powder
Instant PuddingTable Cream
Jam—ApricotTomato Juice
RaspberryTomato Puree
Red PlumTreacle Toffee
Junket PowdersWhite Pepper

Hereunder I give the Public Analyst's reports on the samples examined
which were found to be irregular or substandard. Whilst no legal proceedings
were instituted the matters complained of were taken up with the manufacturers
concerned with satisfactory results:—
Sample No. 2.—Tomato Juice.
This article had the characteristics of a tomato drink prepared by dilution
from tomato concentrate or puree and flavoured with lemon and salt. It
contained no vitamin C.
In my opinion an article described as tomato juice should consist of the
product expressed from the tomato, and consisting of the liquid juice and some
of the pulp, with or without added salt, and which has been subjected to no
intermediate concentration. Such an article differs from the one analysed in
possessing a superior flavour, more attractive physical characteristics, and
vitamin C content comparable with that of tomatoes.
Sample No. 15.—Coffee.
Consisted of dried coffee extract.