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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sutton and Cheam 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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At the end of 1960 a total of one hundred and sixty-six premises had
been registered for the sale of ice cream in accordance with Section 16 of
the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, and on three of these premises ice cream
could be manufactured.
BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLING OF ICE CREAM
During the year seventy-four samples of ice cream were obtained for
bacteriological examination and provisional grading.
The following table shows the 1960 percentage results in each grade and for comparative purposes the results obtained in 1959.
| Grading of Samples 1960 | Grading of Samples 1959 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 67 samples | 90.54% | Grade 1 | 71 samples | 93.42% |
| Grade 2 | 3 samples | 4.05% | Grade 2 | 4 samples | 5.26% |
| Grade 3 | 4 samples | 5.41% | Grade 3 | 1 sample | 1.32% |
| Grade 4 | - | - | Grade 4 | - | - |
| TOTAL | 74 | TOTAL | 76 | ||
It is most gratifying to record that 94.59% of the samples were
placed in grades 1 and 2, 5.41% in grade 3 and none in grade 4.
The following table shows the average per centage and other details in connection with the samples obtained from individual manufacturers.
| Producers Code | Number of Samples taken | Type of Sample | Average percentage- in each grade | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrapped | Loose | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | ||
| A | 12 | 9 | 3 | 100.00% | - | - | - |
| B | 13 | 12 | 1 | 100.00% | - | - | - |
| C | 11 | 10 | 1 | 100.00% | - | - | - |
| D | 11 | 10 | 1 | 100.00% | - | - | - |
| E * | 9 | - | 9 | 77.78% | - | 22.22% | - |
| F | 2 | - | 2 | 100.00% | - | - | - |
| G * | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71.43% | 14.29% | 14.28% | - |
| H | 1 | - | 1 | 100.00% | - | 100.00% | - |
| I * | 8 | - | 8 | 75.00% | 25.00% | - | - |
| TOTAL | 74 | 46 | 28 | 90.54% | 4.05% | 5.41% | Nil |
* Denotes locally produced
CHEMICAL SAMPLING OF ICE CREAM
The Food Standards (Ice Cream) Regulations, 1959 came into operation
on the 27th April, 1959, and replaced the Order of 1953. The regulations
prescribe amended standards for ice cream and for "Parev" (Kosher) ice
and introduce separate standards for dairy ice cream (or dairy cream ice
or cream ice) and for milk ice.
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