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SAMPLING OF FOOD AND DRUGS
The Council is a Food and Drugs Authority under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, and the Director
of Health and the Public Health Inspectors are authorised Officers for the purposes of the Act.
During the year, a total of 425 informal samples were submitted to the Public Analyst of which 55
were unsatisfactory. The Analyst's reports were as follows:—
Name or Description of Articlb Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity
Prawns curry Sample was of shrimp curry, deficient in weight
Minced beef with peas Omission in labelling
Hot dog sausages Frankfurter, deficient in meat
Lemon pickle Irregular labelling
Indian herb Irregular labelling
Ganthia Irregular labelling
Unlabelled Indian sweet Irregular labelling
A beer kit Contained insufficient yeast for adequate fermentation
Curry rice and meat meal Contained foreign matter—a piece from the stem of
ginger
A loaf of bread (foreign body) Contained foreign matter—dirty dough
A loaf of bread with foreign matter on outside Foreign matter consisted of cotton fibres and general
dirt
Milk—complaint re foreign matter Contained foreign matter; unclean bottle
A dirty milk bottle Contained foreign matter; unclean bottle
Heinz savoury rice and chicken Not fit for human consumption
Milk Deficient in fat
Puff pastry—complaint Not fit for human consumption
Bacon joint (prepacked, cooked) Not fit for human cosumption when received (4 days
after purchase)
Pasteurised milk Contained added water
Milk Not of substance demanded
Milk from dispenser Deficient in fat
Foreign body in slice of seed bread Not of substance demanded
Portion of Jamaican pasty with foreign matter Foreign matter—2 papillae from buccal epithelium of a
bovine
Home brewed stout Misleading description
Textured soya protein food, beef flavour Insufficient description on pack
Foreign body found in milk Bottle not properly cleansed
Half a loaf of bread Not of substance demanded
Golden ideal milk Bottle not properly cleansed
Steak and kidney pie containing unidentified Not of substance demanded
object with hair attached