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FRUIT
For selling Packham pears as "Williams" a firm of greengrocers
was prosecuted and fined £6 and ordered to pay £2, 2s Odin
costs.
VEGETABLES
A retailer in Twickenham sold new potatoes which were of
Cypriot origin. Investigation showed that in fact the potatoes
could not properly be described as "new" having been stored for
some time. A letter of caution was sent to the retailer and
representations were also made to the Cypriot officials responsible
for importation.
MERCHANDISE MARKS ACTS, 1887-1953
Inspections are carried out under the above Acts to ensure that
the requirements of the various Marking Orders relating to the
indication of origin of imported foodstuffs are applied. Inspections
were made at 315 premises and a total of 1,072 displays were examined.
Minor breaches of the Orders were dealt with by verbal warnings.
The Merchandise Marks Act, 1887 makes it an offence to apply
false trade descriptions to goods. Modification to the label of an
imported brand of canned chicken was secured when it was not apparent
from the label that the contents of the cans were not solely chicken
but chicken in jelly or broth.
For displaying and selling Belfort apples as "Jonathans" for
displaying Morroccan grapefruit as "Jaffa" and for displaying
Cyprus oranges as "Jaffa" a firm of greengrocers in Twickenham was
prosecuted in respect of six offences and was fined a total of £24.
and ordered to pay £3.3s. 0d. towards the costs.
For selling bleach in bottles which, in addition to being
labelled as bleach, were embossed with the names of various wines,
a letter of caution was sent to the manufacturer.
SAFE MILK
From the 1st January, 1961, the County Council became the
Licensing Authority for the issue of licences to dealers with
premises within its area and 44 such licences were issued in respect
of the sale of milk to which the special designations "pasteurised"
"sterilised" and "tuberculin tested" could be applied. The period
for which these licences were granted has been extended from one
year to five years. Forty-seven samples of milk were obtained to
test that heat treatment and subsequent storage were properly carried
out. All were satisfactory.
LABELLING OF FOOD ORDER, 1953
The Labelling of Food Order requires pre-packed food to be
marked with the name and address of the packer or labeller or to
bear a registered trade mark; to be marked with its common or usual
name and to bear a statement of ingredients if the food consists
of more than one ingredient. It also controls the manner in which
the presence of vitamins and minerals is disclosed.
In the Borough of Twickenham a total of 212 premises were
visited and 2,376 items of food were examined for compliance with
the Order. No infringements were detected.
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