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Sutton and Cheam 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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Five samples of ice cream were submitted to chemical examination prior to 27th April 1959 (when the standard for ice cream was not less than 5% fat, 10% sugar; and 7½% milk solids other than fat) and found to contain constituent percentages well above the prescribed standard as shewn below:-
| Sample No. | Fat | Constituent Percentages | Total Sugars | |
| Milk; Solids other than fat | Sucrose | |||
| * 2637 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 13.8 | 13.8 |
| * 2655 | 6.3 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| 2656 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 16.9 | 16.9 |
| * 2668 | 7.6 | 14.2 | 18.5 | 18.5 |
| * 2669 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 16.3 | 16.3 |
| Average | 9.2 | 11.8 | 15.6 | 15.6 |
* Locally produced
Ten samples of ice cream were submitted to chemical examination after the 27th April 1959, and also found to contain constituent percentages well above the prescribed standard, as under:-
| Sample No. | Constituent Percentages | |
|---|---|---|
| Fat | Milk Solids other than fat | |
| * 2684 | 6.7 | 11.4 |
| * 2695 | 11.7 | 13.2 |
| * 2696 | 8.6 | 10.7 |
| * 2709 | 11.1 | 14.5 |
| * 2710 | 6.2 | 10.0 |
| * 2723 | 5.7 | 10.6 |
| * 2724 | 10.2 | 12.3 |
| 2725 | 12.9 | 11.4 |
| * 2753 | 11.4 | 13.8 |
| * 2765 | 6.3 | 9.6 |
| Average | 9.1 | 11.7 |
* Locally produced
ICE LOLLIES - BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
There is no prescribed standard for water ices or ice
lollies sold as such, but as in former years ice lollle samples
have been submitted to a test similar to the one applied to ice
cream.
Forty-one lollies were examined and found to be satisfactory.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955
FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS 1955-57
These regulations replace Section 13 of the Food and Drugs
Act, 1938 (which dealt with precautions against contamination of
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