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West Ham 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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FOOD AND DRUGS
Disposal of Unsound Pood
Unsound food is, for the most part, removed by the Public Cleansing Department and
tipped with other refuse, but large quantities of meat and fish are sent directly to soap or
fertiliser factories in the Borough.
Foodstuffs Condemned During 1959
| Meat, fresh | 2 tons 10 awt. 83½ lbs. | Fish, tinned | 365 tins |
| Meat, tinned | 1298 tins | Fish, fresh | l6 stone |
| Poultry | 1 cwt. 8l lbs. | ||
| Ham | 18 cwt. 93¼ lbs. | Jam & Marmalade | 67 tins & jars |
| Bacon | 6 cwt. 62½ lbs. | Milk & Cream | 271 tins |
| Pigs Heads | 11 cwt. 60 lbs. | Cereals | 124 pkts. |
| Soups | 238 tins | ||
| Vegetables, tinned | 1031 tins | Meat Paste | 9 jars |
| Vegetables, fresh | 3 tons 15½ cwt. | Butter | 4½ lbs. |
| Potatoes | 7 tons 5 cwt. | Cheese (lbs) | 21 |
| Tomatoes | 12 lb. | Eggs | 284 |
| Tomatoes, tinne d | 626 tins | Coffee | 1 tin |
| Tomato Puree | 312 tins | Cocoa | 2 tins |
| Fruit, tinned | 949 tins | Ravioli | 1 tin |
| Fruit, fresh | 5 tons 13 cwt. 23 lb. | Spaghetti | 13 tins |
| Oranges | 534 cases | Frozen Foods | 671 packets |
| Greengages | 13 cwt. 51 lbs. | ||
| Fruit Juices | 11 tins |
The Pood Standards (Ice Cream) Regulations 1959.
The Labelling of Pood (Amendment) Regulations 1959.
The Pood Standard (Ice Cream) Order 1953 specified that ioe cream should contain not
less than 5 per cent fat, 10 per cent sugar, and 7^ per cent milk solids not fat (M.S.N.F.)
Ice cream containing fruit must either conform to this standard or have a lower M.S.N.F. contact
of 2 per cent provided that there is a minimum content of 25 per cent for fat, sugar and M.S.N.F.
combined.
When the standard was first introduced in 1951. the Ministry of Food made it clear that
the minimum requirements were to be regarded as interim ones and should be improved as ingredients
became more plentiful. Supplies are now freely available and the standards relating to ice
cream have been reviewed by the Food Standards Committee, a report being issued in 1957*
On April 27th 1959* new regulations relating to ice cream, based on these recommendations,
came into operation in England and Wales.
A summary of the new standards specified in the Foods Standards (Ice Cream) Regulations
1959 is as follows:-
(a) Ice-cream or ice must not contain less than 5 per cent fat and 7½ per cent milk solids
not fat.
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