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Twickenham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]#
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Table 24.
The Middlesex County Council is the food and drugs authority for the Borough. The Chief Officer, Public Control Department, has kindly supplied the following information relating to samples taken in the Borough during the year ended 31st December, 1953 :—
| A rticle | Total Samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 95 | — |
| Arrowroot | 1 | — |
| Batter flour mixture | 1 | 1 |
| Biscuits | 1 | 1 |
| Bread | 4 | 4 |
| Cakes (various) | 29 | — |
| Cheese | 1 | — |
| Coffee | 1 | — |
| Condensed milk | 4 | — |
| Cooked meat | 2 | — |
| Cream | 8 | — |
| Drugs | 6 | — |
| Evaporated milk | 5 | — |
| Fish (fresh) | 41 | — |
| Fish (tinned) | 2 | — |
| Fish and meat pastes | 2 | — |
| Flour | 2 | — |
| Fruit squash | 1 | — |
| Gelatine | 1 | — |
| Jelly | 3 | — |
| Minced meat | 1 | — |
| Mint in vinegar | 1 | — |
| Non-brewed condiment | 3 | — |
| Nuts (brazil) | 1 | 1 |
| Peppermint wine (non-alcoholic) | 1 | — |
| Preserves and mincemeat | 4 | — |
| Sausages and sausage meat | 36 | 6 |
| Self-raising flour | 1 | — |
| Soups | 2 | — |
| Sponge mixture | 1 | ;— |
| Suet | 3 | — |
| Sweets (various) | 4 | — |
| Tomato vitamin | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria plums | 8 | 1 |
| Vinegar | 23 | — |
| White pepper | 1 | — |
| Wines and spirits | 47 | — |
| Totals | 348 | 15 |
The following brief notes relate to other activities by my Council by virtue cf their
duties as Food and Drugs Authority.
Merchandise Marks Acts, 1887-1926.
Attention has been paid in particular to compliance with the Imported Food Orders
made under the Merchandise Marks Act, 1926, and which require in respect of specified foods
that when, inter alia, they are exposed for retail sale they must bear a clear indication cf
the country of origin, that is to say either the words " Empire " or " foreign " as the case
may be or the specific country of production. 304 premises were visited and 4,093 head of
poultry, displays of meat, stacks of apples or tomatoes or dried fruit were examined. One
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