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The following samples were not up to standard and warning
letters were sent to the firms concerned:—
Informal.—Pork luncheon meat, high protein Breakfast Cereal.
Complaints from the public relating to food were as follows:—
Three of mould in a loaf.
Three of a dirty milk bottle.
Two of mould in a meat pie.
One each of:—
Contaminated lemonade.
Maggots in chocolate.
A foreign body in a loaf.
Maggots in dried fruit.
A maggot in dried milk powder.
A contaminated loaf.
A "sour" loaf.
A caterpillar in tinned tomatoes.
Warning letters were sent to the firms concerned.
Ice-Cream
One establishment in the Borough is registered for the manufacture
of ice-cream and 158 for the storage and sale of ice-cream.
Fifty visits were paid during the year.
Seven samples of ice-cream were taken and examined for
bacteriological purity. The results are tabulated below:—
Provisional Grade.
I II III IV
Coliforms absent 6 1 — —
Coliforms present in l/10th ml — — — —
Faecal coli present (in addition
to above) — — — —
Bacteriological Examination of Cups and Glasses
Eighty-three swabs were taken from tea cups at various catering
establishments and seventeen swabs were taken from beer glasses at
various public houses during the year, and were submitted to the
Public Health Laboratory for bacteriological examination.
The results are tabulated below:—