[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam] page 15

Sutton and Cheam 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Table: The following details classify the type of irregularity or infringement and the action taken in relation to the unsatisfactory samples.

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The following details classify the type of irregularity or infringement and the action taken in relation to the unsatisfactory samples.

Sample No and date taken	Article	Infringement	Action taken
A 769 9.1.53	Pork Sausages (Formal)	Sample contained 60% of meat Including fat. Pork sausages of ordinary commercial quality contain not less than 65% of meat Including fat.	Manufacturer Warned Deficiency stated to be due to "bad mixing".
A 777 6.2.53	Pork Sausages (Formal)	Sample contained 60% of meat including fat. Pork Sausages of ordinary commercial quality contain not less than 65% of meat including fat.	Butcher Warned Error admitted in calculating the meat content for the "mix". (The Canned Corned Meat (Prices) Order 1953 which removed earlier provisions prescribing maxlmuir prices and minimum meat content for sausages and sausage meat from the 1st March 1953 was taken into account in deciding to Issue warnings In the above cases).
A 806 A 807 3. 9.53	Milk (Formal	These samples taken In course of delivery were both deficient in milk solids other than fat to the extent of 3%. The freezing point test did not Indicate the presence of added water. The milk fat percentages were well above the required standard.	Producer Warned "Appeal to the cow" samples were taken by the Local Authority in whose area the producer farm is situated.
1632 31.12. 52	Sweets (Czechovaklia) (Informal)	Sweets were of low quality and so malodorous as to be repulsive	Warning Retailer immediately agreed to discontinue purchasing the "line". The Ministry of Food were informed and the complaint was taken up with the Czechoslovak Commercial Attache who stated there would be a very considerable improvement in the manufacture of these fruit bon bons in the future. A later sample taken from another source (No. 1672) showed an improvement in quality.