Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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(b) Hereunder I give the Public Analyst's report on three
samples submitted to him:
Sample No. 472 — Pork Sausages.
'Pork sausages must not contain the added preservative, sulphur dioxide,
unless labelled or notified in the manner prescribed by Regulation 5(1) of
the Preservatives in Food Regulations, 1962.
The Manufacturers of the product were informed of the Analyst's report
and that the labelling of their product contravened the Preservatives in Food
Regulations, 1962. No further action was taken in respect of this sample.
Sample No. 476 — Pickles.
'The ingredients of this article were not specified on the label as is
required by the Labelling of Food Order, 1953.
The manufacturers and retailer of this product were informed of the
Analyst's Report and that the labelling of the product contravened the Label'
ing of Food Order, 1953.
Sample No. 482 — Apple Puree.
The ingredients of this article are not specified on the label as required
by the Labelling of Food Order, 1953.
No action was taken in respect of this sample.
Table 29. — Unsound Food.
The following articles were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed
as being unfit for human consumption.
Where quantities are insufficient for salvage all unsound food is collected and disposed of at the Council's Refuse Transfer Station and subsequently buried on a controlled tip.
jars. | pkts. | 1bs. | tins. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Beef | 78 | |||
Cake Mixture | 8 | |||
Cheese | 4 | |||
Chicken | 37½ | |||
Chips | 10 | |||
Creamola | 53 | |||
Fish | 8 | |||
Livers | 60 | |||
Luncheon Meat | 2 | |||
Macaroni | 30 | |||
Peel | 2 | |||
Pork | 10 | |||
Pickles | 60 | |||
Potato Salad | 1 | |||
Rice | 14 | |||
Sago | 7 | |||
Soup | 12 | |||
Spaghetti | 14 | |||
Tapioca | 4 | |||
Tomato Juice | 1 | |||
Tongue | 1 | |||
Vegetables | 160 | |||
Wheat Flakes | 10 |